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Productivity Change in Public Service - The Case of Swedish Social Insurance Offices

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  • Bjurek, Hans

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • Hjalmarsson, Lennart

    (University of Gothenburg)

  • Forsund, Finn R.

    (University of Oslo)

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  • Bjurek, Hans & Hjalmarsson, Lennart & Forsund, Finn R., 1989. "Productivity Change in Public Service - The Case of Swedish Social Insurance Offices," Working Paper Series 253, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    Keywords

    Productivity growth; Efficiency; Public services;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods

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