Dishonesty and Public Employment

Autores
Cruces, Guillermo Antonio; Rossi, Martín; Schargrodsky, Ernesto
Año de publicación
2020
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inglés
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versión publicada
Descripción
We study the link between dishonesty and selection into public employment. When military conscription was mandatory in Argentina, eligibility was determined by a lottery and by a medical examination. In order to avoid conscription, drafted individuals had strong incentives to cheat in their medical examination. These incentives varied with the lottery number. Exploiting this exogenous variation in the propensity to engage in dishonest behavior during early adulthood (the “impressionable” years), we find that individuals with higher probability of having cheated in their health checks as young adults also show higher propensity to become public employees later in life.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Materia
Ciencias Económicas
Military service
Conscription
Public sector
State capacities
Cheating
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dishonesty and Public Employment
title Dishonesty and Public Employment
spellingShingle Dishonesty and Public Employment
Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
Ciencias Económicas
Military service
Conscription
Public sector
State capacities
Cheating
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
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
author Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
author_facet Cruces, Guillermo Antonio
Rossi, Martín
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
author_role author
author2 Rossi, Martín
Schargrodsky, Ernesto
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Económicas
Military service
Conscription
Public sector
State capacities
Cheating
topic Ciencias Económicas
Military service
Conscription
Public sector
State capacities
Cheating
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Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
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