Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Distributive Properties of the Bureaucracy

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口或选区的政治动机有可能影响这些工作以及公共产品的分配方式。因此，了解官僚职位的分配可以深入了解治理的运作。该项目将审查立法机构和官僚机构之间的相互作用，以及组成关系和政治动机，以研究官僚机构工作的分配。该项目将提出一个关于官僚工作如何分配的正式模型。除了立法谈判外，该模型还将包括几个决定谁被雇用的政策工具。该模式还将包括与社会结构有关的变量，这些变量涉及这些政策工具的使用和公共部门的最终组成。此外，正式模式将通过查明雇用的政治决定因素所造成的效率低下现象，设法证明雇用与公益之间的联系。为了从经验上检验该模型的预测，该项目将收集有关公共雇员、官方公共部门工资和拟议的公共部门改革的系统性微观数据。

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.