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Is there performance convergence in OECD public administration styles?
Author(s) -
Pina Vicente,
Torres Lourdes,
Martín Emilio
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1754-7121
pISSN - 0008-4840
DOI - 10.1111/capa.12313
Subject(s) - productivity , convergence (economics) , public sector , distribution (mathematics) , inequality , economics , business , economic growth , economy , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This article contributes to the assessment of the comparative evolution of the public sector performance, productivity and efficiency of 22 OECD countries in the first decade of this century. Overall results show that the average public sector productivity of Anglo‐Saxon countries is higher than that of European Continental and Nordic countries, but the inequality of the distribution of wealth is also bigger. Although the administrative culture of the countries studied influences the areas on which public policies are focused, there is more than one route to improve the performance and productivity of the public sector.