We consider the problem of selecting a pool of individuals from several populations with incomparable skills (e.g. soccer players, mathematicians, and singers) in a fair manner. The quality of an individual is defined to be their relative rank (by cumulative distribution value) within their own population, which permits cross-population comparisons. We study algorithms which attempt to select t...

Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration: How Populists in Government Transform State Bureaucracies. Edited by Michael W. Bauer, B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre, Kutsal Yesilkagit, Stefan Becker. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 320p. $99.99 cloth. - Volume 20 Issue 4

he modernization project launched by the West two centuries ago, was based on three pillars: State-logic, Capital-logic and Ratio-logic; formulated in part by Montesquieu (France), Smith (Britain) and Kant (Germany). The logic of the State implied centralization of coercive power, tempered by democracy. The logic of Capital implied market forces for economic power, tempered by anti-monopoly cla...

In an attempt to mitigate the negative effects of partisan hiring, many governments around world have adopted meritocratic hiring public employees. This paper shows that government can unintended consequences on macroeconomic aggregates. countries, employees enjoy considerable job security and generous compensation schemes; as a result, talented workers choose work for sector, which deprives pr...

The authors examine the directionality of effects between global self-esteem, domain-specific academic self-concepts, and academic achievement. Special emphasis is placed on learning environments as potential moderators of the direction of these effects. According to the meritocracy principle presented here, so-called bottom-up effects (i.e., self-esteem is influenced by academic self-concept) ...