Hello. My paper with @fghjorth, @NikHarmon and @SBarfort is out today in the October issue of @JPART1991 by @PMRA1991. It all began in 2014 as an attempt to uncover the link between micro-level dishonesty and macro-level corruption (open access): academic.oup.com/jpart/article/… 1/X
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 We do many things in this paper. It's a call to use the dice game paradigm and other validated experimental measures of dishonesty to provide a behavioral foundation for the study of corruption in Public Administration. But it also contains substantive PA findings 2/X: 
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 We conducted the dice game with a total of 1000+ prospective (male) public employees from 10 very different countries with very different corruption levels. The question is if the dishonesty of students aspiring to join the public sector match their country's corruption level 3/X
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 Why only study males? Because a meta-study shows that males cheat a lot more than females -> makes it difficult to compare countries with different gender-compositions in their workforce. Across five die rounds, students from low/high corrupt countries behave very differently 4/X
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 We find a very strong correlation between individual-level dishonesty among future public employees and their countries corruption level -- confirms similar studies of the general public's dishonesty and macro-level indicators of rule-breaking (5/X) nature.com/articles/natur…
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 In a second study in the paper we look at the correlation between PSM and behavioral dishonesty *within* a group of Danish students with a strong preference for working in the public sector. PSM is negatively correlated with dishonesty - and in a pretty strong way (6/X):
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 Finally, the paper is a follow-up to our paper out next month in AEJ. The AEJ piece provides important context: In low corrupt Denmark, those who prefer the public sector are more honest than those who wish to work in the private sector (7/X): aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 Stark contrast to evidence from high-corrupt India where the selection is opposite: The relatively dishonest prefer public sector work (also out in AEJ by Hanna & Wang). This diverse selection story adds an important layer to overall country-level differences in dishonesty (8/X)
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 In sum: We encourage more use of the dice game paradigm and related measures in Public Administration. Not only to understand corruption but any form of dishonesty committed by citizens, employees, leaders or firms. Think compliance, tax fraud, shirking, etc. (9/X)
@fghjorth @NikHarmon @SBarfort @JPART1991 @PMRA1991 We will do more on the selection story across the world. Understanding the selection pattern into public service & how it relates to individual differences in dishonesty. We hope it will provide insight on how to get out of the corruption trap many countries are caught in 10/10
