Title
According to administrative statistics, how efficient are the administrative units in Slovenia?
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Abstract
Analysing the performance of the public administration is a step towards the earmarked and efficient use of budgetary resources. The article analyses the efficiency of 38 selected administrative units, considering their size, over the period from 2005 to 2018, utilizing available indicators from administrative statistics. The descriptive statistics method, time series analysis, and rankings were used for the analysis. The findings indicate mixed results. The empirical results show that larger administrative units, statistically speaking, are more efficient than smaller units to some extent. Compared to medium-sized administrative units, larger administrative units have a higher average number of resolved cases per employee, lower average costs per individual administrative case, but simultaneously a lower proportion of resolved administrative cases within the legal timeframe. The practical value of the contribution lies in the information on the calculated efficiency of the individual administrative units, which enables them to compare themselves with each other, find best practises, improve the functioning of the administrative units and reduce the differences between them.
