Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … the two-way causal relationship between these two variables: health status influences the probability of being employed … and, at the same time, working affects the health status. Because these two variables are determined simultaneously …

The literature has shown that the overall efficiency of exogenously imposed tournaments is reduced by a high variance … substantially lower than when the same payment scheme is imposed. Mainly based on risk aversion, sorting is efficiency …

randomizing. Thus, randomization among noncomparable options is costly relative to deliberate selection. On the other hand …, randomization among indifferent options is costless relative to deliberate selection. …

, to theoretically quantify the selection e ects driven by the implementation of performance appraisals. …

This paper fills the gap between individual selection models and collective approaches of migration. We build a … theoretical model in order to account for household-based migration decisions and derive its implications on migrant selection … the one among its members who is to migrate, migrant selection in this case may differ from what is predicted by a pure …

the selection and incentive effects of pay schemes are so far thin on the ground. In addition, these effects may be … concentration of high skill workers in performance pay firms; (iii) however, in repeated interactions, efficiency wages coupled with …

transitory ability. We also compare the efficiency of an exogenous promotion standard with a treatment where subjects self …, the efficiency of job allocation is higher when using a promotion rule than when employees are allowed to self …