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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2012
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Working for a good cause
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2011
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Working for a good cause
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2012
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 …
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Public Sector Employees: Risk Averse and Altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert; Bossche, Seth Van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 2009
This discussion paper has led to a publication in the <I>Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization</I>, 2012, 83(3), 279-291.<P> We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our...</p></i>
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Public Sector Employees: Risk Averse and Altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert; van den Bossche, Seth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our study is that we use revealed rather than stated preferences data. Respondents of a large-scale survey were offered a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015463
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Public Sector Employees: Risk Averse and Altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert; Bossche, Seth Van den - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our study is that we use revealed rather than stated preferences data. Respondents of a large-scale survey were offered a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004964457
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Public sector employees: Risk averse and altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Van … - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 83 (2012) 3, pp. 279-291
We assess whether public sector employees have a stronger inclination to serve others and are more risk averse than employees in the private sector. A unique feature of our study is that we use revealed rather than stated preferences data. Respondents of a large-scale survey were offered a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594614
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Public sector employees : risk averse and altruistic?
Buurman, Margaretha; Dur, Robert A. J.; Van den … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874287
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Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326152
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Working for a Good Cause
Dur, Robert; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2011
A rich literature in public administration has shown that public sector employees have stronger altruistic motivations than private sector employees. Recent economic theories stress the importance of mission preferences, and predict that altruistic people sort into the public sector when they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326218