Competitive exams are a standard method for selecting civil servants. Yet, evidence on the effectiveness of such approach is mixed, and lack of personnel data limits our understanding of the mechanisms underlying this varying success. We digitize personnel and financial data to study the impacts...

Chapter 1: Pandemic Around the World: The New Norm -- Chapter 2: I’m so lost: The Dissonance & Conflict in Me.-Chapter 3: You Don’t Have to Struggle in Silence: Let The Law Do Its Part -- Chapter 4: Will it ever go back to normal? Working since the pandemic: the changes, intensity,...