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Title: | An Empirical Analysis of Administrative Productivity and Efficiency in Sabah Local Government | Contributor(s): | Ting, Siew King (author); Dollery, Brian E (supervisor); Villano, Renato (supervisor) | Conferred Date: | 2013 | Copyright Date: | 2012 | Thesis Restriction Date until: | Access restricted until 2018-10-27 | Open Access: | No | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/13609 | Abstract: | This study investigates the administrative performance of local authorities (LAs) in the Sabah local government system in Malaysia. Against the background of Sabah local government, it is clear that institutional factors play a significant role in the performance and operation of the LAs. This study provides two synoptic assessments of empirical analyses of the local public sector: economies of scale and administrative intensity. A survey of empirical studies on scale economies in six different public services (aggregated services, libraries, nursing homes, transport, water utilities and waste management) was conducted. The review shows that there are inconclusive and inconsistent results in terms of output indicators, scale effects and model specifications. Population size is a common output indicator employed to examine scale effects, but it has been employed relatively little in recent local government empirical work. The second survey considered empirical studies on administrative intensity undertaken in the public sector, manufacturing, education, health, and other selected applications. These empirical studies highlight differences in definition, measurement techniques, output indicators, scale effects and determinants of administrative intensity. A common theme in these empirical studies is the use of employee size as an output indicator. This thesis employs two approaches in its analysis of Sabah local government - the least squares (LS) method and data envelopment analysis (DEA) - to examine the administrative performance of corporate centres in 22 Sabah LAs from 2000 to 2009. The sample is divided into three categories: all-LAs, big urban and small urban. | Publication Type: | Thesis Doctoral | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140218 Urban and Regional Economics | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 380118 Urban and regional economics | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910499 Management and Productivity not elsewhere classified | Rights Statement: | Copyright 2012 - Siew King Ting | Open Access Embargo: | 2018-10-27 | HERDC Category Description: | T2 Thesis - Doctorate by Research |
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