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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature

Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...

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Financial Markets, Banks' Cost of Funding, and Firms' Decisions: Lessons from Two Crises

Balduzzi, Pierluigi; Brancati, Emanuele; Schiantarelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We test whether financial fluctuations affect firms' decisions, through their impact on banks' cost of funding. We exploit two shocks to Italian bank CDS spreads and equity valuations: the 2007-2009 financial crisis and the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis. Using newly available data linking over...

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On the Determinants of Pay of CEOs in UK Public Sector Higher Education Institutions

Bachan, Ray - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

fixed effects. There is only limited evidence that they are rewarded for the 'performance' of the institutions they manage …

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Employee Training and Wage Dispersion: White and Blue Collar Workers in Britain

Almeida-Santos, Filipe; Chzhen, Yekaterina; Mumford, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill levels of the recipient (white or blue collar); the...

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Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Government Agency

Burgess, Simon; Propper, Carol; Ratto, Marisa; Tominey, Emma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency's performance management system and personnel …This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … records plus matched labour market data. We focus on three main issues: whether performance pay matters for public service …

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Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being in and out of Management Positions

Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market, compared with employment in non-leadership, non-high-level...

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