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Wage Structure and Public Sector Employment: Sweden versus the United States 1970-2002
Domeij, David; Ljungqvist, Lars - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
private sector employment. Our analysis suggests that the dramatic decline of the skill premium in Sweden is the result of an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661889
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Networks of Relations and Social Capital
Lippert, Steffen; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We model networks of relational (or implicit) contracts, exploring how sanctioning power and equilibrium conditions change under different network configurations and information transmission technologies. In our model relations are the links, and the value of the network lies in its ability to...
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Corporate Culture, Societal Culture, and Institutions
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
While both cultural and legal norms (institutions) help foster cooperation, culture is the more primitive of the two and itself sustains formal institutions. Cultural changes are rarer and slower than changes in legal institutions, which makes it difficult to identify the role played by culture....
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The Value of Corporate Culture
Guiso, Luigi; Sapienza, Paola; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We study which dimensions of corporate culture are related to a firm’s performance and why. We find that proclaimed values appear irrelevant. Yet, when employees perceive top managers as trustworthy and ethical, firm’s performance is stronger. We then study how different governance...
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506842
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Does Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence From a Field Experiment
Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew; Varganova, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority groups in Australia -- a country where one quarter of the population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use distinctively Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous, Italian, Chinese, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554244
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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations
Booth, Alison L; Leigh, Andrew - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.
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Do Financial Incentives for Firms Promote Employment of Disabled Workers? A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Lalive, Rafael; Wuellrich, Jean-Philippe; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We study the impact of employment quota on firms' demand for disabled workers. The Austrian Disabled Persons Employment …-compliance tax generates strong employment effects for low-wage firms and weak effects for high-wage firms. We also find that growing …
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EU Enlargement under Continued Mobility Restrictions: Consequences for the German Labor Market
Brenke, Karl; Yuksel, Mutlu; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979473
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Can Insider Power Affect Employment?
Diaz-Vazquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional … answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired … firing in recessions, while leaving hiring in booms unchanged. Thereby insider power reduces average employment. …
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