-sectional data from Germany on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity. In addition, we use panel data …

-Economic Panel Study, which contains data on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity for more than 7 …

-Economic Panel Study, which contains data on self-reported altruism, sector of employment, and donations to charity for more than 7 …

colleagues, which in turn creates co-worker altruism. We study how financial incentives for productive activities can improve or …

-selection and allocation decisions of agents who differ in altruism towards clients. When bureaucrats are paid flat wages, they do … of the altruism distribution. We also show how client composition affects sorting and why street-level bureaucrats often …

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 altruism. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, we find …