Describe the growth in public employment since the World War II era. What has been the difference in employment in the federal and state governments?
What will be an ideal response?
Overall public employment has increased from about 11% of total employment to over 15% of total employment. Federal government’s share of employment has dropped from 33% of public employment to 12%. Federal government’s drop in employment is largely due to expansion of transfer programs which are costly, but require relatively fewer employees to administer the programs. Conversely, state governments are involved in labor intensive services (education and police and fire protection). Major growth of government employment has occurred at the state and local levels.
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