scholarly journals Multi-level Analysis on the Public Perceptions about the causes of the Poverty in the Western European Welfare States

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
김형관 ◽  
Lee Sang-Rok
Keyword(s):  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
The Public ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Western European ◽  
Level Analysis ◽  
European Welfare States

scholarly journals Productivity and Welfare Performance in the Public Sector

2018 ◽  
pp. 556-592
Author(s):  
Mathieu Lefebvre ◽  
Sergio Perelman ◽  
Pierre Pestieau
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Production Economics ◽  
Waste Collection ◽  
The Public ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Third Stage ◽  
Level Of Aggregation ◽  
Main Components ◽  
European Welfare States

The purpose of this chapter is to suggest a definition and a way to measure the performance of the public sector, or that of its main components. The approach is explicitly rooted in the principles of welfare and production economics. First the authors present what they call the “performance approach” to the public sector. They then move to the issue of measuring the productivity of some canonical components of the public sector (railways, transportation, waste collection, secondary education, and health care). In the third stage the authors try to assess the performance of the overall public sector. They argue that for such a level of aggregation, one should restrict the performance analysis to the outcomes and not relate it to the resources involved. As an illustration they evaluate the performance of the European welfare states and its evolution over time, using frontier techniques.

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