Quitting in Protest, but to Where? Federal Employee Turnover and Policy Engagement Beyond Government

• In Event: Presidents, the Bureaucracy, and Policymaking

Brief Overview

We study federal employee turnover during presidential transitions. Leveraging extensive LinkedIn data, we find policy-motivated bureaucrats disproportionately exit to non-profits where they continue to influence policy from outside government.

Authors

• Kyuwon Lee, University of Southern California

• Rebecca Perlman, University of California, Berkeley