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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2014
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our … decreases with a worker's laziness depending on his altruism. Using questionnaire data from the German Socio-Economic Panel … difference in altruism is already present at the start of people's career, while the difference in laziness is only present for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364489
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Serving the public interest in several ways : theory and empirics
Dur, Robert A. J.; Lent, Max van - 2017
-sectional data from Germany on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity. In addition, we use panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738885
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Working for a good cause
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2012
reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting to the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and … among workers in less-developed countries. -- public service motivation ; altruism ; mission preferences ; sorting ; World …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009680988
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Job satisfaction and public service motivation
Kaiser, Lutz C. - 2014
Based on a unique case study-dataset, the paper analyses job satisfaction and public service motivation in Germany. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239262
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Public sector employees : risk averse and altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert A. J.; Van den … - 2009
We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our study is that we use revealed rather than stated preferences data. Respondents of a large-scale survey were offered a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003896438
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The impact of high-performance work systems on employees: a sectoral comparison
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2019
Using nationally representative linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces with 50 or more employees we find the adoption of High-Performance Work Systems (HPWS) in the private sector is largely positively correlated with employee job attitudes pre-recession. However, high intensity HPWS has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060604
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Disentangling the role of contract types and sector disparities for public service motivation
Grund, Christian; Thommes, Kirsten - 2015
The intention of "doing good for society" is regarded to be a crucial motivator for employees in the public sector in order for them to perform well. Recent research in the public sector literature calls for a deeper understanding of how this specific public service motivation (PSM) is shaped....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346559
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Heterogeneity and the public sector wage policy
Gomes, Pedro - 2017
A model with search and matching frictions and heterogeneous workers was established to evaluate a reform of the public sector wage policy in steady-state. The model was calibrated to the UK economy based on Labour Force Survey data. A review of the pay received by all public sector workers to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738878
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Are public sector workers different? : cross-European evidence from elderly workers and retirees
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2014
The public sector employs a large share of the labor force to execute important functions (e.g. regulation and public good provision) in an environment beset by severe agency problems. Attracting workers who are motivated to serve the public interest is important to mitigate these problems. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364490
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You're the one that i want! : public employment and women's labor market outcomes
Gomes, Pedro; Kuehn, Zoë - 2019
In most countries, the public sector hires disproportionally more women than men. We document gender differences in employment, transition probabilities, hours, and wages in the public and private sector using microdata for the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Spain. We then build...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126775