Models of Government Growth: Explaining State Government Employment Growth in Texas

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dc.contributor.authorMears, Brent
dc.contributor.committeeMemberShields, Patricia M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRich, Francis M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDeSoto, William H.
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-22T20:12:12Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:14:56Z
dc.date.issued1994-05
dc.descriptionAn Applied Research Project Submitted to the Department of Political Science, Southwest Texas State University, in Partial Fulfillment for the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Public Administration, Spring 1994.
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research is three-fold. First, the research will examine the following government growth models: Wagner's Law, intergovernmental grants, fiscal illusion, party control, bureau voting, demonstration effect and electoral competition models. Second, the relationship between the predictor variables of each model and total Texas state government employment will be tested. The relationship between the models' predictor variables and state government employment in the five primary functional categories -- corrections, health and human services, highways, higher education and "other" government agencies -- will also be tested. The other government function includes all other Texas state government agencies that do not fall into the four functional categories previously mentioned. Third, the seven government growth models will be tested against both total government employment and employment in the five governmental functions.
dc.description.departmentPublic Administration
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dc.format.extent117 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationMears, B. (1994). Models of government growth: Explaining state government employment growth in Texas. Masters of Public Administration, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/3589
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectgovernment growth
dc.subjectTate government
dc.subjectemployment growth
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectPublic Administration
dc.titleModels of Government Growth: Explaining State Government Employment Growth in Texas
dc.typeApplied Research Project

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