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Performance Pay and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Spain

de la Rica, Sara; Dolado, Juan J.; Vegas, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-pay (PP) component of total hourly wages and its contribution to the overall gender gap in Spain. Under the assumption that PP …

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Returns to Inventors

Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

A key input to inventive activity is human capital. Hence it is important to understand the monetary incentives of inventors. We estimate the effect of patented inventions on individual earnings by linking data on U.S. patents and their inventors to Finnish employer-employee data. Returns are...

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Performance Pay and Adverse Selection

Moen, Espen R; Rosén, Åsa - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

It is well known in personnel economics that firms may improve the quality of their workforce by offering performance pay. We analyse an equilibrium model where worker productivity is private information and show that the gains to the firms from worker self-selection may not be matched by a...

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Bonus Culture: Competitive Pay, Screening, and Multitasking

Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper analyzes the impact of labor market competition and skill-biased technical change on the structure of compensation. The model combines multitasking and screening, embedded into a Hotelling-like framework. Competition for the most talented workers leads to an escalating reliance on...

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Harnessing Success: Determinants of University Technology Licensing Performance

Belenzon, Sharon; Schankerman, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We study the impact of incentive pay, local development objectives and government constraints on university licensing performance. We develop and test a simple contracting model of technology licensing offices, using new survey information together with panel data on U.S. universities for...

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The Spanish Crisis: Background and Policy Challenges

Suarez, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

describes the strengths and weaknesses of Spain’s recent long growth cycle, the real and financial imbalances accumulated … pressure, partly initiated by unjustified catastrophic expectations about Spain, provides an opportunity for accelerating the …

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Stabilization and Growth under Dictatorship: The Experience of Franco's Spain

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro; Rosés, Joan R.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-market allocation of resources and allowed Spain to accelerating growth and catching up with Western Europe. Without the 1959 Plan, per …

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'Actual' versus 'Virtual' Employment in Europe: Is Spain Different?

Marimon, Ramon; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

employment. We pay special attention to Spain, a country that has experienced a high persistent unemployment rate, and show that …

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The Sources of Long-run Growth in Spain 1850-2000

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro; Rosés, Joan R. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Between 1850 and 2000, Spain’s real income increased by about 40-fold, at an average rate of 2.5 percent. The sources … European Union Spain has experienced a dramatic productivity slowdown. …

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Trade and Foreign Direct Investment with Central and Eastern Europe: Its Impact on Spain

Gual, Jordi; Martín, Carmela - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

Agreements are progressively implemented, is projected to have a significant impact on trade flows with Spain, as exports and … probably respond to the relative factor endowments underlying current trade patterns. Spain is likely to increase its exports … take place.The evolution of trade flows will, of course, be contingent upon developments in FDI. Most FDI in Spain in …

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