Defining and measuring public sector employment: Romania's case

Monica  Marin

Monica Marin Researcher, Research Institute for the Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Contact address: Research Institute for the Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Calea 13 septembrie, no. 13, 050718, Bucharest, Romania

Keywords: public sector employment, administrative data sources, government employees, public personnel

Abstract

This paper is about the number of public sector employees in Romania. Subsequent research questions relate to defining what is the public sector in Romania, what are the data sources on employment in public sector units, which is the quality of the data provided and what are the solutions for improvement of administrative records. The study is based on a desk-review of national and international studies on public sector employment and examination of different national data sources for statistics on public sector. The study provides recommendations for improving data accuracy, directed mainly to the Ministry of Public Finance.