01033pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245002900056260000900085300001500094362001200109520068500121650002600806700002200832773003300854180718b2014   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDur, Robert  aWorking for a good cause  c2014  ap.144-155.  aMar-Apr  aA rich literature in public administration has shown that public sector employees have stronger altruistic motivations than private sector employees. Recent economic theories stress the importance of mission preferences and predict that altruistic people sort into the public sector when they subscribe to its mission. This article uses data from a representative survey of more than 30,000 employees from 50 countries to test this prediction. The authors find strong evidence of a mutually reinforcing role of altruism and mission alignment in sorting into the public sector, particularly among highly educated workers and among workers in less-developed countries. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aZoutenbier, Robin  aPublic Administration Review