from a low-reputation to a high-reputation steady state: Importantly, the effect of wages on motivation depend on the … initial reputation - starting from low-reputation, higher wages crowd in motivation, while starting from high-reputation … into the mission-oriented or private sector with motivated agents who also value the collective reputation of their place …

-wage equilibrium. Importantly, the comparative statics of motivation and wage differ between the equilibria: starting from low-reputation …, higher wages crowd in motivation, while starting from high-reputation, higher wages crowd out motivation. The paper also … details the implications of this model for successful reform: taking reputation as the state variable, we show that a non …

and low aggregate motivation (reputation) in the mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution …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 …