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The determinants of state civil service attractiveness

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  • J.-M. DAUSSIN-BENICHOU

    (Insee)

  • S. IDMACHICHE

    (Direction générale de la fonction publique (DGAFP))

  • A. LEDUC

    (Insee)

  • E. POULIQUEN

    (Direction générale de la fonction publique (DGAFP))

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate some determinants of the state civil service attractiveness over the period 1980 - 2012. The attractiveness is measured by the number of candidates in 23 key competition exams and the selectivity of these competitions. Potential determinants are: unemployment rate, public - private wage gap, assessment of likelihood of success by the number of offered posts in competition exams and size of the pool of potential candidates. For most of the competition exams, every determinant is statistically significant. The number of candidates is affected by the unemployment rate as well as the number of offered posts whatever the competition exam category. The wage gap is also a determinant of the attractiveness except for the C competition exam category. The size of the potential candidates pool has an effect except for teachers competition exam. Each competition exam has a different sensitivity to these determinants.

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  • J.-M. Daussin-Benichou & S. Idmachiche & A. Leduc & E. Pouliquen, 2015. "The determinants of state civil service attractiveness," Documents de Travail de l'Insee - INSEE Working Papers g2015-09, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques.
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    Keywords

    public sector; labor market; attractiveness;
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    JEL classification:

    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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