Managers and Productivity in the Public Sector

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Fenizia, Alessandra
• 署名单位: George Washington University
• 刊物名称: ECONOMETRICA
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0012-9682
• DOI: 10.3982/ECTA19244
• 发表日期: 2022
• 页码: 1063-1084
• 关键词: high wage workers; matter; performance; FIRMS

摘要

This paper studies the impacts of managers in the administrative public sector using novel Italian administrative data containing an output-based measure of productivity. Exploiting the rotation of managers across sites, I find that a one standard deviation increase in managerial talent raises office productivity by 10%. These gains are driven primarily by the exit of older workers who retire when more productive managers take over. I use these estimates to evaluate the optimal allocation of managers to offices. I find that assigning better managers to the largest and most productive offices would increase output by at least 6.9%.