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Public employees' consumption of government goods: The case of education

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  • Eugenia Toma
  • James Long

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This paper tests public employees' consumption of privately versus publicly provided schooling. The results suggest that government employees are no different from other individuals. They support the public sector through consuming the publicly provided good only if it is in their self-interest. Local public educators do appear to consume public education more than privately employed individuals, but other public employees do not. In fact, other government workers tend to support the public schools even less than private sector workers do. Whether these findings can be generalized to other government goods requires further empirical investigation. Copyright Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 1987

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  • Eugenia Toma & James Long, 1987. "Public employees' consumption of government goods: The case of education," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 53(3), pages 289-296, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:53:y:1987:i:3:p:289-296
    DOI: 10.1007/BF00127354
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