Original paper
The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance
Abstract
Bureaucracies are configured differently to private sector and political organizations. Across a wide range of civil services entry is competitive, promotion is constrained by seniority, jobs are for life, and retirement occurs at a fixed age. This implies that older entering officers, who are less likely to attain the glittering prize of reaching the top of the bureaucracy before they retire, may be less motivated to exert effort. Using a...
Paper Details
Title
The Glittering Prizes: Career Incentives and Bureaucrat Performance
Published Date
May 14, 2019