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Trust the police? : self-selection of motivated agents into the German police force

Friebel, Guido; Kosfeld, Michael; Thielmann, Gerd - 2016

We conduct experimental games with police applicants in Germany to investigate whether intrinsically motivated agents … intrinsic motivation in the police context. We find that police applicants are more trustworthy than non-applicants, i.e., they … police force, documenting an important mechanism by which the match between jobs and agents in public service can be improved. …

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Collective bargaining and police misconduct : evidence from Florida

Dharmapala, Dhammika; McAdams, Richard H.; Rappaport, John - 2019 - This version: May 2019

agencies between 1996 and 2015, we implement a difference-in-difference approach in which police departments (which were … rights led to a substantial increase in violent incidents of misconduct among SOs, relative to police departments. The effect …

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Are public sector workers different? : cross-European evidence from elderly workers and retirees

Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015

We investigate whether public and private sector employees differ in terms of public service motivation using a representative sample of elderly workers from 12 European countries. We find that public sector workers, both those currently employed and those already retired, are significantly more...

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The formation of prosociality : causal evidence on the role of social environment

Kosse, Fabian; Deckers, Thomas; Pinger, Pia; … - 2018

This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. In a first step, we show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as the intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers' prosocial attitudes are systematically related to...

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Employee recognition and performance : a field experiment

Bradler, Christiane; Dur, Robert A. J.; Neckermann, Susanne - 2013

This paper reports the results from a controlled field experiment designed to investigate the causal effect of public … ; field experiment …

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Facing yourself : a note on self-image

Falk, Armin - 2017

impact on moral behavior. The choice context in the experiment is whether subjects inict a painful electric shock on another …

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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany

Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2013

We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker's altruism, and increases or decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his...

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Corporate philanthropy and productivity : evidence from an online real effort experiment

Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2014

Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...

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Trust, Happiness, and pro-social behavior

Carattini, Stefano; Roesti, Matthias - 2020

This paper combines several large-scale surveys with different identification strategies to shed new light on the determinants of cooperative behavior. We provide evidence indicating that the well-being maximizing level of trust is above the income maximizing level. Higher trust is also linked...

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Institutions, opportunism and prosocial behavior : some experimental evidence

Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Hernán … - 2020

prosocial behavior. We conduct a large-scale online experiment where we add the possibility of purchasing insurance to safeguard …

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