-wage equilibrium. Importantly, the comparative statics of motivation and wage differ between the equilibria: starting from low-reputation …, higher wages crowd in motivation, while starting from high-reputation, higher wages crowd out motivation. The paper also … details the implications of this model for successful reform: taking reputation as the state variable, we show that a non …

and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution …State capacity is optimized when public institutions are staffed by individuals with public-service motivation. However …, when motivated agents value the collective reputation of their place of employment, steady-state equilibria with both high …

social preferences. In a single-period setting, only moderately altruistic leaders use praise as a motivation tool, whereas …