Study: Outsourcing in local governments leads to fewer full-time employees and more part-timers
Source: Indiana University news release, Jan. 23, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study of nearly 500 city and county governments demonstrates that private sector contracting results in lower full-time public employment and higher numbers of part-time government workers. The study was led by Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs Professor Sergio Fernandez, with co-authors Craig Smith and Jeffrey Wenger of the University of Georgia, and was published this month in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.