In this series, "Public Sector Personnel Economics", John M. de Figueiredo discusses the personnel economics of the public sector. He discusses how politics, expertise, race, and gender affect the careers of U.S. Federal Government civil servants and, in a group discussion, what this might mean for the quality of civil servants and the U.S. policies they generate. In the second video of the series, "Grade Inflation: The Changing Composition of Expertise in the Federal Government", de Figueiredo studies the considerable rise of wages in the federal government. He discusses the source of these changes and examines the role of human capital and expertise in driving these wage changes.
John M. de Figueiredo is the Russell M. Robinson II Professor of Law, Strategy, and Economics at the Duke Law School and the Fuqua School of Business. He is also Director of the Duke Center for Institutional and Organizational Performance, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. de Figueiredo studies competitive strategy, innovation strategy, political and legal strategy, and law and economics. His research in law and economics and "non-market" strategy explores how firms use political influence, regulatory lobbying, and strategic litigation to enhance competitive performance. He has recently completed a study of careers in the U.S. federal civil service covering 6 million employees over a 24 year time period. Prior to joining Duke University, he was on the faculties of the UCLA Anderson School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School. de Figueiredo holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of California, Berkeley; an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics; and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard University.
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