Análise de eficiência e fatores condicionantes dos custos dos serviços públicos : um estudo para os municípios pernambucanos do período 2008-2014

Abstract

This paper presents a temporal analysis of performance of the cost management in the municipal public sector in Pernambuco State, Brazil, between 2008 and 2014, through relationship between public spending and services offered, based on economic efficiency approach. First, the municipal efficiency scores were obtained by Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), in which it was calculated that cities of the Recife metropolitan area (RMR) were the least efficient in all years, despite having the highest income. In this step, the Malmquist index was estimated and the output showed that there was a slight worsening of total factor productivity, a result of technological regress and worsening of technical efficiency change in municipal administration. In a second step, the Panel Corrected Standard Errors (PCSE-AR1) reinforced the idea that areas outside the RMR tend to present higher efficiency scores in public sector costs. Moreover, other factors negatively influence the efficiency, such as the Mayor’s second election and higher tax collection. On the other hand, factors such as population densities and political alliances can improve efficiency scores.