Study: College Students in India Who Cheat Are More Likely To Seek Government Jobs
Research conducted on students in Bangalore
College students who cheated on a simple task were more likely to want government jobs, researchers from Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania found in a study of hundreds of students in Bangalore, India.
Their results, recently released as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, suggest that one of the contributing forces behind government corruption could be who gets into government work in the first place.
(H/T Charles WT)
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It says a lot. Government always was associated with a corruption and low efficiency. No wonder they prefer the easiest way to make money. I have recently read an article that cover this issue at this link, check it to understand why it happens.