Theorien der Behavioral Labor Economics weichen vom Standardmodell der Ökonomie ab und stellen insbesondere die diesem Standardmodell zugrunde liegende Annahme von rationalen und egoistischen Entscheidern – der Annahme des Homo oeconomicus – infrage. Sie unterstellen Handlungsweisen, die...

Civil servants have a reputation for being lazy. However, people's personal experiences with civil servants frequently run counter to this stereotype. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive...

Civil servants have a bad reputation of being lazy. However, citizens' personal experiences with civil servants appear to be significantly better. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts...