Contracting Out Local Services
A Tale of Technical and Social Services
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6358963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ole Helby Petersen (0000-0003-4415-6608, Roskilde University Denmark), Kurt Houlberg (0000-0003-2127-6957, Danish Institute for Local and Regional Government Research Denmark), Lasse Ring Christensen (Denmark) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 560-570 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/puar.12367 |
| OpenAlex | W2031395515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 48 |
| References cited | 42 |
Governments face a fundamental choice between in‐house production and contracting out for the delivery of services to citizens. This article examines the importance of ideology, fiscal pressure, and size for contracting out in technical and social services. The analysis builds on a panel data set covering municipal spending on services in all 98 Danish municipalities. The authors find that contracting out is shaped by ideology in social services but not in technical services, which indicates that social services are the contemporary ideological battlefield of privatization. The analysis further reveals that economically prosperous municipalities are more likely to contract out social services, whereas contracting out of technical services is not influenced by economic affluence. Finally, larger municipalities contract out more in technical services but less in social services, demonstrating that the size effect is contingent on the transaction cost characteristics of the service
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |