bureaucrats

The rotation of local political leaders across cities in China facilitates the interregional diffusion of industry-specific knowledge and influences the realisation of local comparative advantage on international markets, potentially through the prac...

Family ties to non-elected bureaucrats distort public employment outcomes, and standard anti-nepotism policies are ineffective at preventing their negative influence

Uncertainty in the identity of an evaluator discourages evaluator-specific influence activities and significantly improves state employees’ performance

Optimising the assignment of tax collectors significantly increases tax revenue and compliance at little or no added cost

An experiment in Pakistan finds that training decision makers in the benefits of empathy cultivates prosocial behaviour in the lab and the field

How can we best incentivise bureaucrats in a formal manner that avoids concerns over corruption?

Better public services can be achieved, at least in part, through public service promotions that are conducted in a fair and systematic manner

Evidence from Pakistan shows that governments can use the postings of bureaucrats to improve their performance