federal employees
The Economics of Civil Service Abolitionism
Would elimination of civil service protection increase government efficiency? Probably not.
Economists have been thinking a long time about why employers sometimes grant job security and often adopt seniority systems. It seems likely that, all else aside, Schedule F will degrade the general quality of government workers. It’s not at all clear that the efficiency benefits of threatening people with firing are enough to outweigh having a less capable and less experienced workforce.
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