against our data. We find that team size affects the impact of the incentive scheme upon performance. Moreover, while the …This Paper evaluates the impact of a team-based incentive scheme piloted in the public sector agency, Jobcentre Plus …

This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality … targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency’s performance management system and personnel …

We construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under an individualistic and a collectivist culture. The … culture are more likely to end up adopting democracy faster than countries with a collectivist culture. Our instrumental … variable estimation suggests a strong and robust effect of individualistic culture on average polity scores and length of …

This paper makes three contributions to the growing literature on culture and economics. Using answers to the World … cultural distance; (iii) trade openness has a lock-in effect on culture. Third, we test the model using an instrumental …

This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The … effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of …

Is social capital long lasting? Does it affect long term economic performance? To answer these questions we test Putnam …’s conjecture that today marked differences in social capital between the North and South of Italy were due to the culture of …