Cover -- Contents -- I. Introduction -- II. Data -- A. Applicants' CVs -- B. Issues of sample representativity -- III. Our measure(s) of education attainment in public administrations -- A. Non quality adjusted measure of education attainment -- B. Quality adjusted education attainment in public administrations -- C. Seniority and Gender -- Seniority -- Gender -- Agency -- IV. Applications -- A. About Incentives -- B. About government effectiveness -- V. Conclusions -- References -- Tables -- Table 1. Country Level Academic Ranking -- Figures -- Figure 1. Education Attainment in the General Population around the World -- Figure 2. Example of Official's CV -- Figure 3. Overview of the Distribution of Age in Sample -- Figure 4. Age Distribution by Region -- Figure 5. Gender Distribution by Region -- Figure 6. Age Distribution by Type of Course -- Figure 7. Fraction of Officials with Tertiary Education by Region -- Figure 8. Education Attainments: Public Administration vs. General Population -- Figure 9. Average Years of Tertiary Education in Public Administrations -- Figure 10. Fraction of officials with a degree from a country ranked in the top 48 -- Figure 11. Normalized weighted years of tertiary education by region -- Figure 12. Adjusted vs. non adjusted education attainment in public administration -- Figure 13. Ratio of public administrations' education attainment in public -- Figure 14. Education attainment by rank and region -- Figure 15. Education attainment by seniority and region -- Figure 16. Gender differences in education attainment in public administrations -- Figure 17. Fraction of Managers who are male -- Figure 18. Fraction of senior managers who are male -- Figure 19. Education Attainment by Agency and Region -- Figure 20. Education attainment and Relative Public Sector Pay -- Figure 21. Education attainment and tax collectio.

Figure 22. Education attainment and tax revenues controlling GDP per education and -- Figure 23. Education attainment and corruption -- Figure 24. Education Attainment and Corruption controlling for GDP per capita and -- Figure 25. Education Attainment and Public Sector Management -- Figure 26. Education attainment and bureaucratic quality -- Figure 27. Education and Domestic Financial Sector Standards -- Appendixes -- Country Academic Ranking.