Public Administration

Public Administration, founded in 1922, is the oldest professional journal in public administration. We publish articles on all facets of public administration, public policy and public management. The journal encourages, but does not require, the open access of data and materials for all research articles and the preregistration of study designs for research articles published in the journal. The sharing of data and materials is required for all replications studies prior to final acceptance by the journal.

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Replication Data for: A Replication of “Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size” Jul 3, 2025 Chen, Yiying, 2025, "Replication Data for: A Replication of “Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size”", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T7QTAY, Harvard Dataverse, V2 This dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the study.
Replication Data for: "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China" Jul 3, 2025 Zhang, Youlang; Wang, Huan, 2025, "Replication Data for: "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BGT4ZB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:rwRu95WhnLf4scXfAPvyjg== [fileUNF] Replication data for "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China"
A replication of “Unconscious bias in citizens’ evaluations of public sector performance" Aug 11, 2024 Chen, Guoliang; Zhang, Shuwei; Chen, Wenna; Li, Qiwei; Liang, Pinghan, 2024, "A replication of “Unconscious bias in citizens’ evaluations of public sector performance"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5EP8XS, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:dx4j/bqBdnyR9sjdunw3TQ== [fileUNF] This dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the study. Abstract In recent years, the phenomenon of anti-public sector bias (APSB) has garnered significant attention among public administration scholars. It is of especial interest given its possible effects on how citizens evaluate public sector performance. Despite th...
Influences on e-governance in Africa Jul 12, 2024 Olumekor, Michael; Mangai, Mary S.; Madumo, Onkgopotse S.; Mohiuddin, Muhammad; Polbitsyn, Sergey N., 2024, "Influences on e-governance in Africa", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SSTKS8, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Full dataset for replicating the study on e-governance in Africa. All original data can be retrieved from databases of the United Nations: https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/Data-Center, and the World Bank: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators. Abstract E-governance is considered one of the most important facto...
Deservingness at the frontline Apr 11, 2024 Halling, Aske; Christensen, Julian; Hansen, Frederik Godt; Petersen, Niels Bjørn Grund, 2024, "Deservingness at the frontline", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BWYGKL, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:FpNXlD0Ij5deo5wpAkL1lw== [fileUNF] The dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the article. Abstract Deservingness literature has shown that people, including frontline workers, spontaneously judge whether welfare recipients are responsible for their own situation or are victims of circumstances beyond their own control, and that these judgments shape b...
Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants Feb 23, 2024 Yang, Wenhui; Zhao, Siyuan, 2024, "Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DJ989N, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ZsRMgPpCHM4CdkH6YtR4iw== [fileUNF] Abstract This study proposes an organization–person framework and examines whether management of public officials shapes capable young elites' preferences of government jobs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we find that monetary and nonmonetary traits of governments jobs alter capable young elites' motivations to engage in public service. In...
The effects of contractual and relational governance on public-private partnership sustainability Feb 23, 2024 Li, Juankun; Liu, Bingsheng; Wang, Dan, 2024, "The effects of contractual and relational governance on public-private partnership sustainability", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RQQE0O, Harvard Dataverse, V1 A dataset for "The Effects of Contractual and Relational Governance on Public-Private Partnership Sustainability" Abstract The study investigates how contractual and relational governance influence partner behaviors and promote sustainability performance of infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs). Survey data from 217 Chinese PPP projects...
Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension? Oct 17, 2023 Brogaard, Lena; Petersen, Ole Helby; Madsen, Jonas Krogh, 2023, "Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JLHLJG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:IpblgUyWh8ZbYFxitMijWQ== [fileUNF] Two Stata datasets and do-files for "Interpreting Performance Information: Motivated Reasoning or Unbiased Comprehension? A Replication and Extension" Abstract Despite a growing number of studies on how prior beliefs distort citizens' interpretation of performance information for service providers, little is known about whether prior beliefs matter...
Losing control is not an option Oct 17, 2023 Roché, Sebastian; Varaine, Simon, 2023, "Losing control is not an option", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H7OKEJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1 Here are the main indicators used in the paper "Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states". Abstract: Independent police oversight is a specific government delegated function that has been neglected by scholars of regulation. The main goal of this article is to understand the allocation of s...
Blue sky and cold heart Oct 17, 2023 Yang, Wenhui; Zhao, Jing, 2023, "Blue sky and cold heart", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C5GTZV, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:CGmwHTjRyPVTRJ2dtmbWLg== [fileUNF] Replication files for "Blue Sky and Cold Heart: The Political Cost of Environmental Regulation" Abstract: The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents empirical evidence for the unexpected political costs of...

Replication Data for: A Replication of “Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size”

Jul 3, 2025

Chen, Yiying, 2025, "Replication Data for: A Replication of “Did new public management matter? An empirical analysis of the outsourcing and decentralization effects on public sector size”", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/T7QTAY, Harvard Dataverse, V2

This dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the study.

Replication Data for: "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China"

Jul 3, 2025

Zhang, Youlang; Wang, Huan, 2025, "Replication Data for: "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BGT4ZB, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:rwRu95WhnLf4scXfAPvyjg== [fileUNF]

Replication data for "Symbolic Bureaucratic Representation and Client Cooperation: Experimental Insights from Four Daily Public Service Scenarios in China"

A replication of “Unconscious bias in citizens’ evaluations of public sector performance"

Aug 11, 2024

Chen, Guoliang; Zhang, Shuwei; Chen, Wenna; Li, Qiwei; Liang, Pinghan, 2024, "A replication of “Unconscious bias in citizens’ evaluations of public sector performance"", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/5EP8XS, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:dx4j/bqBdnyR9sjdunw3TQ== [fileUNF]

This dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the study. Abstract In recent years, the phenomenon of anti-public sector bias (APSB) has garnered significant attention among public administration scholars. It is of especial interest given its possible effects on how citizens evaluate public sector performance. Despite th...

Influences on e-governance in Africa

Jul 12, 2024

Olumekor, Michael; Mangai, Mary S.; Madumo, Onkgopotse S.; Mohiuddin, Muhammad; Polbitsyn, Sergey N., 2024, "Influences on e-governance in Africa", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/SSTKS8, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Full dataset for replicating the study on e-governance in Africa. All original data can be retrieved from databases of the United Nations: https://publicadministration.un.org/egovkb/Data-Center, and the World Bank: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/world-development-indicators. Abstract E-governance is considered one of the most important facto...

Deservingness at the frontline

Apr 11, 2024

Halling, Aske; Christensen, Julian; Hansen, Frederik Godt; Petersen, Niels Bjørn Grund, 2024, "Deservingness at the frontline", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BWYGKL, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:FpNXlD0Ij5deo5wpAkL1lw== [fileUNF]

The dataset contains all variables necessary to replicate the analysis in the article. Abstract Deservingness literature has shown that people, including frontline workers, spontaneously judge whether welfare recipients are responsible for their own situation or are victims of circumstances beyond their own control, and that these judgments shape b...

Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants

Feb 23, 2024

Yang, Wenhui; Zhao, Siyuan, 2024, "Management of civil services and the supply of civil servants", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/DJ989N, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:ZsRMgPpCHM4CdkH6YtR4iw== [fileUNF]

Abstract This study proposes an organization–person framework and examines whether management of public officials shapes capable young elites' preferences of government jobs. Using a conjoint experiment in China, we find that monetary and nonmonetary traits of governments jobs alter capable young elites' motivations to engage in public service. In...

The effects of contractual and relational governance on public-private partnership sustainability

Feb 23, 2024

Li, Juankun; Liu, Bingsheng; Wang, Dan, 2024, "The effects of contractual and relational governance on public-private partnership sustainability", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/RQQE0O, Harvard Dataverse, V1

A dataset for "The Effects of Contractual and Relational Governance on Public-Private Partnership Sustainability" Abstract The study investigates how contractual and relational governance influence partner behaviors and promote sustainability performance of infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPPs). Survey data from 217 Chinese PPP projects...

Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension?

Oct 17, 2023

Brogaard, Lena; Petersen, Ole Helby; Madsen, Jonas Krogh, 2023, "Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension?", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/JLHLJG, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:IpblgUyWh8ZbYFxitMijWQ== [fileUNF]

Two Stata datasets and do-files for "Interpreting Performance Information: Motivated Reasoning or Unbiased Comprehension? A Replication and Extension" Abstract Despite a growing number of studies on how prior beliefs distort citizens' interpretation of performance information for service providers, little is known about whether prior beliefs matter...

Losing control is not an option

Oct 17, 2023

Roché, Sebastian; Varaine, Simon, 2023, "Losing control is not an option", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/H7OKEJ, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Here are the main indicators used in the paper "Losing control is not an option. Resource allocation to police oversight agencies in Western states". Abstract: Independent police oversight is a specific government delegated function that has been neglected by scholars of regulation. The main goal of this article is to understand the allocation of s...

Blue sky and cold heart

Oct 17, 2023

Yang, Wenhui; Zhao, Jing, 2023, "Blue sky and cold heart", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/C5GTZV, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:6:CGmwHTjRyPVTRJ2dtmbWLg== [fileUNF]

Replication files for "Blue Sky and Cold Heart: The Political Cost of Environmental Regulation" Abstract: The economic costs of environmental regulations are well documented, but their political cost is still unclear, especially in cases of substantial pollution reduction. This study presents empirical evidence for the unexpected political costs of...

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