%0 Journal Article
%T Determinants of Productive Efficiency of Public Service: What Effect of the Interaction of Corruption Control and Average Wage?
%A Alastaire S¨¨na Alinsato
%A Calixe Bidossessi Alakonon
%J Theoretical Economics Letters
%P 1055-1066
%@ 2162-2086
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/tel.2021.116067
%X This paper seeks to analyze the determinants of the
civil service productive efficiency in West African Economic Monetary Union
(WAEMU) countries over the period 2003-2017. Using the two-stage Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, our results show that the average productive
efficiency of the public services studied is 87.4%. This suggests that there is
room for improvement in the level of output of the public services, all other
things being equal. </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">We also found that the
average wage, the square of corruption control, and the interaction term
between corruption control and the average wage have a positive effect on
productive efficiency. These findings suggest that before getting improvement
in the productive efficiency of public service in the WAEMU region, countries
should reach a higher level of corruption control and a substantial level of
the average wage.
%K Productive Efficiency
%K Public Service
%K Governance
%K DEA
%K WAEMU
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=113104