Two Track Public Services? Citizens’ Voice Behaviour Towards Liberalized Services in the EU15

Public Management Review, 2013, Vol.15 No. 4, pp. 465-476.

18 Pages Posted: 16 May 2012 Last revised: 23 Mar 2018

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Sebastian Jilke

McCourt School of Public Policy; Georgetown University

Steven Van de Walle

KU Leuven - Department of Political Science; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Department of Public Administration

Date Written: 2013

Abstract

Is there evidence for the emergence of ‘two-track’ public services, where the wealthiest, best informed and most assertive customers get the best quality service? In this paper, we use public opinion data of citizen complaint behavior from 2000 and 2004 towards services of general interest in 15 EU countries to provide a first examination of the ‘two-track’ public services hypothesis. The findings only partly support the expectation that socio-economic factors did have a negative impact over time on citizen complaints. While education did not have such an effect, age did. However, these results should be regarded as provisional for various reasons.

Keywords: Eurobarometer, liberalization, services of general interest, voice

Suggested Citation

Jilke, Sebastian and Van de Walle, Steven and Van de Walle, Steven, Two Track Public Services? Citizens’ Voice Behaviour Towards Liberalized Services in the EU15 (2013). Public Management Review, 2013, Vol.15 No. 4, pp. 465-476., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2060294

Sebastian Jilke (Contact Author)

McCourt School of Public Policy; Georgetown University ( email )

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Steven Van de Walle

KU Leuven - Department of Political Science ( email )

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