Public employment´s policies in Spain (1996-2017): Diagnosis and a modernization/efficiency agenda
Abstract
In order to analyze the public employment policies, the size and production costs of the Spanish administration are described, which is compared with that of the countries of the European Union and the OECD area. Data are presented on the evolution of technical scientific employment, the aging of public employees, the temporality, and the result of some variables of equality policies. In the discussion it is emphasized that the Spanish administration is small and relatively expensive, that the loyalty contract has been questioned and that it may have lost the capacity for innovation and leadership, and that it acts within a rigid and centralized institutional framework to which it is missing comprehensive statistical information. Three lines of change are presented: Increase employment and stabilize spending; Grow in innovation and ensure a sustainable career; promote social dialogue, and outline a proposal to develop a public employment statistics.
Downloads
Article download
Crossmark
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Cuadernos de Gobierno y Administración Pública is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
