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State capacity is optimized when public institutions are staffed by individuals with public-service motivation. However, when motivated agents value the collective reputation of their place of employment, steady-state equilibria with both high and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the...
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Recent research has highlighted social image and identity concerns as factors that influence economic decisions. Given that an individual’s choice of employment may be important for their social image, we consider a model of worker sorting into the mission-oriented or private sector with...
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We measure labor productivity in home care using new data from the recent introduction of digital time measurement in Swedish municipalities. By measuring worker utilization (delivered hours as a share of worked hours) we avoid several problems that have plagued previous studies of public sector...
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We measure labor productivity in home care using new data from the recent introduction of digital time measurement in Swedish municipalities. By measuring worker utilization (delivered hours as a share of worked hours) we avoid several problems that have plagued previous studies of public sector...
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This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We...
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The challenge of public administration reform is well-known: politicians often have little interest in the efficient … implementation of government policy. Using new data from 439 World Bank public sector reform loans in 109 countries, we demonstrate … second mechanism through which non-programmatic parties undermine public sector reform: clientelistic politicians have weaker …
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The reform of the Italian public administration has been a priority for at least two decades, with several major … public procurement. It finds that original reform provisions were weakened or overturned, regulatory complexity and …
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largely with the reform process. Important factor on promoting innovation is promoting a creative mindset. The innovation … administration reform and identify the defining characteristics that classify the reform process as one innovative. Based on a review … and analysis of the literature, acceptions of the reform process and innovation in the public sector, its objectives …
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