The limits of meritocracy: Screening bureaucrats under imperfect verifiability
Does bureaucratic ability predict promotion in governments? We show that self-reported performance in enforcing the One Child Policy predicts mayoral promotion in China. However, misreporting handicaps screening—a non-manipulated performance measure does not predict promotion. We show that this is c...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier B.V.
2019
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