Intrinsic Motivation, Effort and the Call to Public Service

Pay schemes in the public sector aim to attract motivated, high-ability applicants. A nascent literature has found positive effects of higher pay on ability and no or slightly positive effects on motivation. This paper revisits this issue with a no...

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Main Authors: Banuri, Sheheryar, Keefer, Philip
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/12/18682614/intrinsic-motivation-effort-call-public-service
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16945

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