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Productivity and efficiency of central government departments: a mixed-effect model applied to Dutch data in the period 2012-2019
Article | Year: 2023 | Pages: 335 - 351 | Volume: 47 | Issue: 3 Received: September 21, 2022 | Accepted: April 4, 2023 | Published online: September 4, 2023
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FIGURES & DATA
REFERENCES
CROSSMARK POLICY
METRICS
LICENCING
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Variable
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Average
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Std. dev.
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Min.
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Max.
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Means
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Total
costs
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240.38
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134.81
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28.92
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553.78
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Personnel
costs
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158.01
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84.35
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16.11
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358.78
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Cost
of material
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82.36
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54.31
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8.94
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203.46
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Production
|
|
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|
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Documents
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403.19
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226.24
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22.00
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892.00
|
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Parliamentary
questions
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307.16
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226.86
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5.00
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954.00
|
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Program
expenditures
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13,507.29
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11,523.06
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27.08
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42,921.50
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Efficiency determinants
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Share
of women
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48.77
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9.53
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22.41
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62.03
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Share
of top positions
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8.09
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2.83
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2.23
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15.83
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Share
of women in top positions
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31.37
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10.79
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8.67
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50.75
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Share
of support staff
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31.93
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10.32
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18.16
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57.84
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Absenteeism
by reason of illness
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4.02
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0.78
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1.89
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5.56
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Average
age of employees
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46.14
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1.35
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42.90
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48.56
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Entrance
ratio
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9.68
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4.21
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2.08
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23.93
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Exit
ratio
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9.92
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2.51
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5.30
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17.04
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Working
time factor
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94.82
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1.05
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92.61
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96.83
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Share
of external staff
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8.38
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4.91
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1.76
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21.12
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Cost
share of material
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33.16
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6.66
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18.84
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56.00
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Variables
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Estimate
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St. dev.
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Signif.
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Documents
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b1
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0.383
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0.040
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0.000
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Parliamentary questions
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b2
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0.168
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0.030
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0.000
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Program expenditure
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b3
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0.449
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0.047
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0.000
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Constant
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b0
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-0.741
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0.136
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0.000
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Absenteeism by illness
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θ5
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0.338
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0.116
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0.004
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Entrance ratio
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θ7
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-0.147
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0.026
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0.000
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Working time factor
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θ9
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6.943
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2.571
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0.007
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Share of external staff
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θ10
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0.112
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0.029
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0.000
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Cost share of material
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θ11
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0.458
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0.059
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0.000
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Average
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St. dev.
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Min.
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Max.
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Documents
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26,930
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11,827
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11,048
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44,773
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Parliamentary
questions
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11,827
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6,293
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3,968
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25,716
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Program
expenditure (million euros)
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1,477
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732
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470
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2,629
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Departments: GA=general affairs; FA=foreign affairs; IA=interior affairs; EA=economic affairs; TR=treasury; IS=infrastructures; ED=education; SA=social affairs; JS=justice and safety; HC=health care; Def=defence.
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