against our data. We find that team size affects the impact of the incentive scheme upon performance. Moreover, while the …

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 …

the changing relationships between workers, trade unions, employers and the state. The first half of the paper examines … that relationships between workers and employers were shaped less by informal groups or spontaneous social and economical …, employers' associations and the state; and by the rules and procedures governing their interaction such as collective agreements …

individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five …, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …

about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … such attitudes. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey, which includes questions on attitudes towards …

; the inner nature of discrimination, negative attitudes and internal barriers; as well as the ethnic minorities’ desires … attitudes towards them. Insufficient knowledge of the official language, insufficient education, discriminatory attitudes and …

interventions designed to change attitudes. We analyze anti-Semitic attitudes drawing on individual-level survey results from … between 1890 and 1933 are powerful predictors of anti-Jewish attitudes today. There is evidence that transmission takes place …

The attitudes of ethnic majority populations towards other communities is a potentially important determinant of social … exclusion and of the welfare of ethnic minorities. The suggestion that negative attitudes towards minorities may be affected by …