The Optimal Size of Public Employment of the Local Government in Taiwan

• Main Author: 楊惠絨
• Other Authors: 黃智聰
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2007
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/93036752247590869747

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 行政管理碩士學程 === 95 === The role of public employment is significantly important to the economic development because public employees are the only vivid resource of government to offer public service, such as justice、education and health etc. However existing researches about the expansion of public employment also have inconstant effect on economic growth. The Armey curve infers that the government size and economic growth have an inverse U shape, and that one can find the optimal government size that promotes the greatest economic growth rate. This study measures public employment as government size and employs the panel data and ordinary least squares regression model to test whether the Armey curve exists in the local government in Taiwan. The result indicates that a non-linear relationship of the Armey curve indeed exists in the local government in Taiwan. And the average size of the local government in Taiwan is smaller than the optional size that promotes the greatest regional economic growth rate.