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dc.contributor.authorBuurman, Margarethaen
dc.contributor.authorDelfgaauw, Josseen
dc.contributor.authorDur, Roberten
dc.contributor.authorvan den Bossche, Sethen
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-03-
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-20T10:37:51Z-
dc.date.available2012-08-20T10:37:51Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/61046-
dc.description.abstractWe 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 substantial reward and could choose between a widely redeemable gift certificate, a lottery ticket, or making a donation to a charity. Our analysis shows that public sector employees are significantly less likely to choose the risky option (lottery) and, at the start of their career, significantly more likely to choose the pro-social option (charity). However, when tenure increases, this difference in pro-social inclinations disappears and, later on, even reverses. Further, our results suggest that quite a few public sector employees do not contribute to charity because they feel that they already contribute enough to society at work for too little pay.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aCenter for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aCESifo Working Paper |x3851en
dc.subject.jelH10en
dc.subject.jelJ45en
dc.subject.jelM52en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpublic service motivationen
dc.subject.keywordrisk aversionen
dc.subject.keywordrevealed preferences dataen
dc.subject.stwÖffentlicher Diensten
dc.subject.stwRisikoaversionen
dc.subject.stwAltruismusen
dc.subject.stwNiederlandeen
dc.titlePublic sector employees: Risk averse and altruistic?-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn720585678en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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