Employment service: Public or private?
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In: Public Choice, Vol. 89, No. 1-2, 01.10.1996, p. 131-162.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Employment service
T2 - Public or private?
AU - Zweifel, Peter
AU - Zaborowski, Christoph
PY - 1996/10/1
Y1 - 1996/10/1
N2 - This paper deals with the relative performance of private and public employment services. For this purpose, two behavioral models are developed which take into account that private and and public employment agents not only pursue different aims but also face different restrictions, in particular since a public employment agency lacks the right to reject applicants. While analysis of the necessary optimality conditions yields tentative conclusions about the advantages and disadvantages of both types of employment service, empirically testable hypotheses result from the predicted responses to increases in unemployment and in the cost of service, respectively. These predicted behaviors are likely to be considered unfair by society, causing dissatisfaction with both private and public employment agencies.
AB - This paper deals with the relative performance of private and public employment services. For this purpose, two behavioral models are developed which take into account that private and and public employment agents not only pursue different aims but also face different restrictions, in particular since a public employment agency lacks the right to reject applicants. While analysis of the necessary optimality conditions yields tentative conclusions about the advantages and disadvantages of both types of employment service, empirically testable hypotheses result from the predicted responses to increases in unemployment and in the cost of service, respectively. These predicted behaviors are likely to be considered unfair by society, causing dissatisfaction with both private and public employment agencies.
KW - Economics
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U2 - 10.1007/BF00114283
DO - 10.1007/BF00114283
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:21444433774
VL - 89
SP - 131
EP - 162
JO - Public Choice
JF - Public Choice
SN - 0048-5829
IS - 1-2
ER -