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References for Public sector outsourcing
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Further reading
- Altonji, J., Huang, C. -I., Taber, C. R. "Estimating the cream skimming effect of school choice" Journal of Political Economy 123:2 (2015): 266–324.
- Andersson, F., Jordahl, H., Josephson, J. "Outsourcing public services: Contractibility, cost, and quality" CESifo Economic Studies 65:4 (2019): 349–372.
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Key references
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Hart, O., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R. W. "The proper scope of
government: Theory and an application to prisons" Quarterly Journal
of Economics 112:4 (1997): 1127–1161. Key reference: [1]
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Fernandez, S., Smith, C. R., Wenger, J. B. "Employment,
privatization, and managerial choice: Does contracting out
reduce public sector employment?" Journal of Policy
Analysis and Management 26:1 (2007): 57–77. Key reference: [2]
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Megginson, W. L. The Financial
Economics of Privatization. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Key reference: [3]
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Poutvaara, P., Wagener, A. "Why is the public
sector more labor-intensive? A distortionary tax
argument" Journal of
Economics 94:2 (2008): 105–124. Key reference: [4]
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Eyles, A., Machin, S. "The introduction of
academy schools to England's education" Journal of the
European Economic Association 17:4 (2019): 1107–1146. Key reference: [5]
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Muralidharan, K., Sundararaman, V. "The aggregate
effect of school choice: Evidence from a two-stage experiment in
India" Quarterly Journal
of Economics 130:3 (2015): 1011–1066. Key reference: [6]
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Wolf, P., Gutmann, B., Puma, M., Kisida, B., Rizzo, L., Eissa, N., Carr, M. Evaluation of the
DC Opportunity Scholarship Program; Final Report. Washington, DC: Institute of Education Sciences, US Department of
Education, 2010. Key reference: [7]
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Figlio, D., Karbownik, K. Evaluation of
Ohio's EdChoice Scholarship Program: Selection, Competition, and
Performance Effects. Washington, DC: Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2016. Key reference: [8]
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Böhlmark, A., Lindahl, M. "Independent schools
and long-run educational outcomes: Evidence from SE's
large-scale voucher reform" Economica 82:327 (2015): 508–551. Key reference: [9]
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Blix, M., Jordahl, H. Privatizing Welfare
Services: Lessons from the Swedish Experiment. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Forthcoming. Key reference: [10]
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Holmlund, H. "Education and
equality of opportunity: What have we learned from educational
reforms?" Nordic Economic
Policy Review 6:2 (2015): 134–170. Key reference: [11]
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Gaynor, M., Moreno-Serra, R., Propper, C. "Can competition
improve outcomes in UK health care? Lessons from the past two
decades" Journal of Health
Services and Research Policy 17:1 (2012): 49–54. Key reference: [12]
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Amaral, M., Saussier, S., Yvrande-Billon, A. "Auction procedures
and competition in public services: The case of urban public
transport in France and London" Utilities
Policy 17:2 (2009): 166–175. Key reference: [13]
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Lopez-de-Silanes, F., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R. "Privatization in
the United States" RAND Journal of
Economics 28:3 (1997): 447–471. Key reference: [14]
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Elinder, M., Jordahl, H. "Political
preferences and public sector outsourcing" European Journal of
Political Economy 30 (2013): 43–57. Key reference: [15]
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Hart, O., Shleifer, A., Vishny, R. W. "The proper scope of
government: Theory and an application to prisons" Quarterly Journal
of Economics 112:4 (1997): 1127–1161.
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Additional References
- Alonso, J., Clifton, J., Díaz-Fuentes, D. "Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size" Public Management Review 17 (2015): 643–660.
- Barrera-Osorio, F., Olivera, M., Ospino, C. "Does society win or lose as a result of privatization? The case of water sector privatization in Colombia" Economica 76:304 (2009): 649–674.
- Bel, G. "Public versus" private water delivery, remunicipalization and water tariffs" Utilities Policy (2020).
- Besley, T., Malcomson, J. "Competition in public service provision: The role of not-for-profit providers" Journal of Public Economics 162 (2018): 158–172.
- Böhlmark, A., Holmlund, H., Lindahl, M. "Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform" Journal of Population Economics 29:4 (2016): 1155–1190.
- Chakrabarti, R. "Can increasing private school participation and monetary loss in a voucher program affect public school performance? Evidence from Milwaukee" Journal of Public Economics 92:5–6 (2008): 1371–1393.
- DeWenter, K. L., Malatesta, P. H. "State-owned and privately owned firms: An empirical analysis of profitability, leverage, and labor intensity" American Economic Review 91:1 (2001): 320–334.
- Figlio, D., Hart, C. "Competitive effects of means-tested school vouchers" American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 6:1 (2014): 133–156.
- Geys, B., Sørensen, R. "Revenue scarcity and government outsourcing: Empirical evidence from Norwegian local governments" Public Administration 94:3 (2016): 769–788.
- Gregg, P., Grout, P., Ratcliffe, A., Smith, S., Windmeijer, F. "How important is pro-social behaviour in the delivery of public services?" Journal of Public Economics 95:7-8 (2011): 758–766.
- Heller-Sahlgren, G. Incentivising Excellence: School Choice and Education Quality. London: CMRE & IEA, 2013.
- Heller-Sahlgren, G. "Smart but unhappy: Independent-school competition and the wellbeing-efficiency trade-off in education" Economics of Education Review 62 (2018): 66–81.
- Jordahl, H. "Perspective of public sector outsourcing: Quasi-markets and prices" CESifo Economic Studies 65:4 (2019): 343–348.
- Levin, J., Tadelis, S. "Contracting for government services: Theory and evidence from US cities" The Journal of Industrial Economics 58:3 (2010): 507–541.
- Potrafke, N. "Does public sector outsourcing decrease public employment? Empirical evidence from OECD countries" CESifo Economic Studies 65:4 (2019): 464–484.
- Shleifer, A. "State versus private ownership" Journal of Economic Perspectives 12:4 (1998): 133–150.
- West, M., Woessmann, L. "‘Every catholic child in a catholic school’: Historical resistance to state schooling, contemporary private competition and student achievement across countries" Economic Journal 120:546 (2010): F229–F255.
- Wolf, P., Mills, J., Sude, Y., Erickson, H., Lee, M. How Has the Louisiana Scholarship Program Affected Students? A Comprehensive Summary of Effects after Four Years, 2019.