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 …

reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting to the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and … among workers in less-developed countries. -- public service motivation ; altruism ; mission preferences ; sorting ; World …