Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Distributive Properties of the Bureaucracy

博士论文研究：官僚机构的分配属性

• 批准号: 1729334
• 负责人: Michael Ting
• 金额: $ 2.12万
• 依托单位: Columbia University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2020-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1729334&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Distributive; Properties

The hiring of public sector employees is an important part of the bureaucratic process. Political incentives to target government jobs to certain populations or constituencies have the potential to influence the manner in which these jobs, as well as public goods, are distributed. Thus, understanding the distribution of bureaucratic jobs can provide insight into the functioning of governance. The project will examine interactions between the legislature and bureaucracy, as well as constituent relations and political incentives, to study the distribution of bureaucratic jobs. The project will present a formal model of how bureaucratic jobs are distributed. In addition to legislative bargaining, several policy instruments that shape who is hired will be included in the model. As well, the model will include variables relating social structure to the use of these policy instruments and the ultimate composition of the public sector. Moreover, the formal model will seek to demonstrate the link between hiring and public goods, by identifying inefficiencies resulting from the political determinants of hiring. To test the predictions of the model empirically, the project will collect systematic, micro-level data on public employees, official public sector wages, and proposed public sector reforms.

雇用公共部门雇员是官僚程序的重要组成部分。将政府工作定位于某些人群或选民的政治动机可能会影响这些工作以及公共产品的分配方式。因此，了解官僚职位的分布可以提供对治理运作的洞察。该项目将研究立法机构和官僚机构之间的互动，以及宪法关系和政治激励，以研究官僚职位的分配。该项目将展示官僚工作如何分配的正式模型。除了立法讨价还价外，该模型还将包括几个影响谁被聘用的政策工具。此外，该模型还将包括与这些政策工具的使用和公共部门的最终构成有关的社会结构的变量。此外，正式模型将通过确定招聘的政治决定因素造成的低效率，寻求证明招聘与公共产品之间的联系。为了对模型的预测进行实证检验，该项目将收集有关公共部门雇员、官方公共部门工资和拟议的公共部门改革的系统、微观层面的数据。