EU accession and public service performance Academic Article

abstract

• Since the expansion of the European Union (EU) in 2004 it has been widely assumed that the quality of UK public services has suffered due to high levels of worker migration from Eastern Europe. This article explores the effects of immigration on the service achievements of English local authorities between 2006 and 2007, and citizen satisfaction in 2006. The statistical results suggest that high levels of worker migration from EU A8 countries are associated with lower service performance, but that this negative relationship may be moderated by prior experience of dealing with European immigrants. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

authors

• Meier, Kenneth

published proceedings

• POLICY AND POLITICS

author list (cited authors)

• Andrews, R., Boyne, G. A., Meier, K. J., O'Toole, L., & Walker, R. M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Andrews, Rhys||Boyne, George A||Meier, Kenneth J||O'Toole, Laurence J Jr||Walker, Richard M

publication date

• January 2009

publisher

• Bristol University Press  Publisher

published in

• n0305-5736ISSN  Journal

keywords

• EU Accession
• England
• Local Authority Performance
• Worker Migration

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1332/030557309X398477

start page

• 19

end page

• 37

volume

• 37

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/030557309x398477