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Dynamic reform of public institutions: a model of motivated agents and collective reputation

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 mission-oriented sector exist. Reforming a low-motivation institution requires a non-monotonic wage path: since the effect of higher wages on motivation is negative for a highreputation institution, but positive for a low-reputation institution, a transition to a high-reputation steady state requires an initial wage increase to crowd motivated workers in, followed by a wage decrease to crowd non-motivated workers out.

Dynamic reform of public institutions: a model of motivated agents and collective reputation

Urheber*in: Valasek, Justin

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Seite(n): 40
Language
Englisch
Notes
Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
Discussion Papers / Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Forschungsschwerpunkt Markt und Entscheidung, Abteilung Ökonomik des Wandels (SP II 2015-303r)

Subject
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Psychologie
angewandte Psychologie
Einkommenspolitik, Lohnpolitik, Tarifpolitik, Vermögenspolitik
Motivation
Effizienz
öffentliche Dienstleistung
Leistungsanreiz
öffentlicher Sektor
Reputation
Korruption
Lohn
Lohnerhöhung

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Valasek, Justin
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH
(where)
Deutschland, Berlin
(when)
2016

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-46218-v2-2
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  • Valasek, Justin
  • Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung gGmbH

Time of origin

  • 2016

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