Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial and non-managerial positions … ability and in public service motivation. We find that, if demand for public sector output is not too high, the equilibrium … return to managerial ability is always highest in the private sector. As a result, relatively many of the more able managers …
