"Do Government Interventions Improve Local Public Service Performance? Evidence From a Synthetic Control Approach" by Rhys Andrews shows how recovery boards can help underperforming local authorities improve educational outcomes. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
05.03.2026 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A new study by Kaelan Boyd, a Ph.D. candidate in the @spsodu.bsky.social, examines the social equity of municipal decisions that were made using priority-based budgeting. The study appears in @journalpa.bsky.social.
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"Equity How and Equity for Who? Incorporating Equity Into Local Government Budgeting Processes" by Alexis Kennedy, Youngsung Kim, & Taryn Moran investigates how Colorado bureaucrats integrate social equity into budgets using mixed methods. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
23.02.2026 14:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"Holding AI Accountable Like Herding Cats: The Contingent Impact on the Legitimacy of Algorithmic Bureaucracy" by Ruoxuan Liu & Yanbing Han finds accountability matters most when AI causes harm, while effectiveness matters when outcomes benefit citizens. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
17.02.2026 18:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Whose Priorities? Social Equity in the Priority-Based
Budgeting Process" by @davemitchellucf.bsky.social, Kaelan Boyd, & Meagan Jordan finds that a more diverse community does not affect PBB reallocation, but more minority representation among public officials reduces it. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
"The Impact of Active Engagement With Performance Information on Citizens Views on Public Services: A Budget Game Experiment" by Erasmus Häggblom, Bjorn Kleizen, & Wouter Van Dooren finds that citizens who are engaged tend to view performance negatively. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
10.02.2026 16:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today is a great day to read "Aligning Behavioral Assumptions Underlying Policy Instruments: A Principle for Designing Policy Mixes Targeting Behavioral Change" by Linsheng He, Yixin Dai, & Yue Guo found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
04.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Currently on Early View on the Public Administration website is Jim Flowers's thoughtful review of "Robust Public Governance in a Turbulent Era: Theoretical Framework and Empirical Experiences." Give it a read today! doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
02.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2007 and 85(2). "THE SHINING LIGHTS? PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS AS AN APPROACH TO SERVICE IMPROVEMENT" by Jean Hartley & James Downe looks at the impact of competitive and threshold award schemes. doi.org/10.1111/j.14...
30.01.2026 18:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Enhancing Citizens' Willingness to Engage in Co-Production: Insights Into Value Creation as a Key Motivator" by Jing Chen, Jichun Chen, & Qi Bian examines value-driven factors that influence citizens' willingness to engage in co-production. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
29.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fascinating findings on the impacts of cognitive biases on street-level bureaucrats' decision-making in "Cognitive Biases in Street-Level Resolutions: The Case of Multiple Claims in Tax Disputes" found in 103(4). doi.org/10.1111/padm...
27.01.2026 14:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Have you had a chance to read the findings in "Is It Going Above and Beyond or Breaking the Rules? How Clients' Identities, Perceived Deservingness, and Outcomes Affect Citizens' Judgments of Bureaucrats' Rule Decisions"? doi.org/10.1111/padm...
26.01.2026 15:16 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"The Bumps in the Road Toward Social Equity Budgeting: The Administrative Pitfalls When Implementing Participatory Budgeting" by Michelle Lofton & Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán presents an implementation framework to evaluate participatory budgeting systems.
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Today is a great day to read "Citizen Acceptance of Co-Designed Public Sector Innovation" found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
20.01.2026 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"From Discretion to Calculation: How Analog Automation Shaped Digitalization of Finnish Social Assistance" by Aleksander Heikkinen, Minna van Gerven, & Riikka Koulu outlines the changes of automation in Finland's social assistance system over four decades. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
16.01.2026 16:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Citizens' Inclusion in Public Services: A Systematic Review of the Public Administration Literature and Reflection on Future Research Avenues" provides insights into the state of knowledge on citizens' inclusion in public services. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
15.01.2026 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today is a great day to learn more about third-party usage for public service delivery in "Integrating Formal and Relational Contracting: The Link Between Network Structure and Contract Design in Interlocal Collaboration Agreements," found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
14.01.2026 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Want to know more about the size of administrative overhead and its relationship with agentificaiton? Read "Larger, Not Leaner? Agencification and the Size of the Administrative Overhead in Local Governments" in 103(4). doi.org/10.1111/padm...
13.01.2026 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Today is a great day to read "What Reasoning Do Frontline Professionals Use Around Citizen-Clients' Socioeconomic Status: Exploring the Mechanisms" in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
12.01.2026 15:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Want to know more about whether minority political representation impacts the social equity of budget allocation? If so, read "Advancing Social Equity in Public Budgeting: The Role of Minority Political Representation in Local Government" in 103(4)!
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Want to know more about the concept of the "practice of fairness"? Read "“A Practice of Fairness”: Social Equity Budgeting in Freedom City" found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
07.01.2026 17:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Have you had a chance to check out the interesting findings about participatory budgeting in "Participatory Budgeting for Social Equity: A Comparative Analysis" found in 103(4)? If not, today is a great day to read it!
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Today is a great day to read "Social Equity and Representative Bureaucracy: The Case of Nigeria's Federal Character Principle," found in 103(4)! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
05.01.2026 15:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy New Year from all of us at Public Administration!
31.12.2025 18:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Leading the Charge: The Role of Women in Municipal Budgeting" by Saman Afshan finds that inclusive budget offices, rather than community diversity alone, are more likely to appoint women budget directors. doi.org/10.1111%2Fpa...
30.12.2025 19:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Wilmasreview
Wilma 🐶 is learning to navigate on "her" new balance bike—turns out transformation takes practice, patience, and someone to show you the way!
Speaking of guidance, a new @journalpa.bsky.social study by @carofischer.bsky.social and Breaugh explores how change agents ...
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"Measuring Administrative Burden: Bringing the State “Back in” as a Reflexive Actor in Burden Reduction" by Pierre-Marc Daigneault, Marc Journeault, Laurent Lauzon-Rhéaume, & Lisa Birch examines how governments measure administrative burdens.
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"A Replication of “Financial Rewards Do Not Stimulate Co-Production: Evidence From Two Experiments”" by Yangyang Fan, Tingting Wang, Yu Xu, Xu Chen, Xingru Chen, & Xinyu Tan studies the effectiveness of financial incentives for co-production in a non-Western context.
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This week's #FlashbackFriday takes us to 2025 and "Social Equity in Municipally Owned Corporations: Do Women in the Boardroom Make a Difference to the Gender Pay Gap?" by Rhys Andrews. Fascinating findings! doi.org/10.1111/padm...
19.12.2025 20:21 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great day to review "Herbert Simon's Legacy for Public Administration" found in 103(4)! This manuscript provides a thoughtful review of Simon's scholarship in three key areas: decision-making, human performance, and organizational knowledge. doi.org/10.1111/padm...
18.12.2025 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0