Dishonesty and Public Employment

Autores
Cruces, Guillermo Antonio; Rossi, Martín A.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
Año de publicación
2023
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Descripción
We exploit a natural experiment to study the causal link between dishonest behavior and public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by both a lottery and a medical examination. To avoid conscription, individuals at risk of being drafted had strong incentives to cheat in their medical examination. These incentives varied with the lottery number. Exploiting this exogenous variation, we first present evidence of cheating in medical examinations. We then show that individuals with a higher probability of having cheated in health checks exhibit a higher propensity to occupy nonmeritocratic public sector jobs later in life.
Fil: Cruces, Guillermo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Nottingham; Estados Unidos
Fil: Rossi, Martín A.. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Materia
CONSCRIPTION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
STATE CAPACITIES
DISHONESTY
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spelling Dishonesty and Public EmploymentCruces, Guillermo AntonioRossi, Martín A.Schargrodsky, Ernesto SantiagoCONSCRIPTIONPUBLIC EMPLOYMENTSTATE CAPACITIESDISHONESTYhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5We exploit a natural experiment to study the causal link between dishonest behavior and public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by both a lottery and a medical examination. To avoid conscription, individuals at risk of being drafted had strong incentives to cheat in their medical examination. These incentives varied with the lottery number. Exploiting this exogenous variation, we first present evidence of cheating in medical examinations. We then show that individuals with a higher probability of having cheated in health checks exhibit a higher propensity to occupy nonmeritocratic public sector jobs later in life.Fil: Cruces, Guillermo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Nottingham; Estados UnidosFil: Rossi, Martín A.. Universidad de San Andrés; ArgentinaFil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaAmerican Economic Association2023-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/239470Cruces, Guillermo Antonio; Rossi, Martín A.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Dishonesty and Public Employment; American Economic Association; American Economic Review: Insights; 5; 4; 12-2023; 511-5262640-205X2640-2068CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/10.1257/aeri.20220550info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1257/aeri.20220550info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:10:32Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/239470instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:10:33.184CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dishonesty and Public Employment
title Dishonesty and Public Employment
spellingShingle Dishonesty and Public Employment
Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
CONSCRIPTION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
STATE CAPACITIES
DISHONESTY
title_short Dishonesty and Public Employment
title_full Dishonesty and Public Employment
title_fullStr Dishonesty and Public Employment
title_full_unstemmed Dishonesty and Public Employment
title_sort Dishonesty and Public Employment
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
Rossi, Martín A.
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
author_facet Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
Rossi, Martín A.
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author_role author
author2 Rossi, Martín A.
Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONSCRIPTION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
STATE CAPACITIES
DISHONESTY
topic CONSCRIPTION
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
STATE CAPACITIES
DISHONESTY
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/5
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv We exploit a natural experiment to study the causal link between dishonest behavior and public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by both a lottery and a medical examination. To avoid conscription, individuals at risk of being drafted had strong incentives to cheat in their medical examination. These incentives varied with the lottery number. Exploiting this exogenous variation, we first present evidence of cheating in medical examinations. We then show that individuals with a higher probability of having cheated in health checks exhibit a higher propensity to occupy nonmeritocratic public sector jobs later in life.
Fil: Cruces, Guillermo Antonio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. University of Nottingham; Estados Unidos
Fil: Rossi, Martín A.. Universidad de San Andrés; Argentina
Fil: Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago. Universidad Torcuato Di Tella; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description We exploit a natural experiment to study the causal link between dishonest behavior and public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by both a lottery and a medical examination. To avoid conscription, individuals at risk of being drafted had strong incentives to cheat in their medical examination. These incentives varied with the lottery number. Exploiting this exogenous variation, we first present evidence of cheating in medical examinations. We then show that individuals with a higher probability of having cheated in health checks exhibit a higher propensity to occupy nonmeritocratic public sector jobs later in life.
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Cruces, Guillermo Antonio; Rossi, Martín A.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Dishonesty and Public Employment; American Economic Association; American Economic Review: Insights; 5; 4; 12-2023; 511-526
2640-205X
2640-2068
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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identifier_str_mv Cruces, Guillermo Antonio; Rossi, Martín A.; Schargrodsky, Ernesto Santiago; Dishonesty and Public Employment; American Economic Association; American Economic Review: Insights; 5; 4; 12-2023; 511-526
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CONICET Digital
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