Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/183441 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1212
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
We measure labor productivity in home care using new data from the recent introduction of digital time measurement in Swedish municipalities. By measuring worker utilization (delivered hours as a share of worked hours) we avoid several problems that have plagued previous studies of public sector productivity. The time use measure exposes substantial variation in productivity between home care units, suggesting room for improvement. More productive units deliver a larger share of the hours approved by care managers and have equally satisfied users.
Subjects: 
Public sector productivity
Digitalization
Time use
Choice reforms
JEL: 
H42
H45
L33
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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