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Article Dans Une Revue Economic Policy Année : 2002

Public Employment and Labor Market Performances

Yann Algan
André Zylberberg
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We explore the consequences of public employment for labour market performance. Theory suggests that public employment may not only crowd out private employment, but also increase overall unemployment if, by offering attractive working conditions, it draws additional individuals into the labour force. Empirical evidence from a sample of OECD countries in the 1960-2000 period suggests that, on average, creation of 100 public jobs may have eliminated about 150 private sector jobs, slightly decreased labour market participation, and increased by about 33 the number of unemployed workers. Theoretical considerations and empirical evidence, however, suggest that the crowding out effect of public jobs on private jobs is only significant in countries where public production is highly substitutable to private activities and the public sector offers more attractive wages and/or other benefits than the private labour market.
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hal-01017844 , version 1 (03-07-2014)

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Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc, André Zylberberg. Public Employment and Labor Market Performances. Economic Policy, 2002, 17 (34), pp.1-65. ⟨10.1111/1468-0327.00083⟩. ⟨hal-01017844⟩
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