RT Article
T1 Open for integrity?: ministry-level evidence on the impact of open recruitment on government integrity in South Korea
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 82
IS 5
SP 1269
OP 1284
A1 Jung, Hoyong
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1914632265
AB The integrity of government officials, who serve as agents engaged in policy formulation and interaction with the private sector, is essential for promoting economic and social development. Previous research has relatively overlooked the influence of public personnel systems on government integrity. This study examines the impact of an open recruitment system, which enables the appointment of private sector experts to senior administrative positions within South Korea’s career civil service and meritocracy systems, on public institution integrity. To ascertain causal relationships, two-way fixed effects and instrumental variable estimation methods are employed. However, the results suggest that the impact of the open recruitment system on government integrity lacks statistical conclusiveness.
K1 Corruption
K1 Government integrity
K1 Open recruitment system
K1 South Korea
DO 10.1007/s10611-024-10179-1