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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits: Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652531
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The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
de Grip, Andries; Sauermann, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325447
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The Role of Peers in Estimating Tenure-Performance Profiles: Evidence from Personnel Data
de Grip, Andries; Sauermann, Jan; Sieben, Inge - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data that contain detailed information on individual workers' performance. We find that a 10 per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of a standard deviation. This translates to an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369104
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Why Do Leaders Matter? The Role of Expert Knowledge
Goodall, Amanda H.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders’ characteristics. We show that a strong predictor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822232
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Substitution between Managers and Subordinates: Evidence from British Football
Bridgewater, Sue; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
equal, managers who themselves played at a higher level raise the productivity of less-skilled teams by more than that of … accumulated professional managing experience raise the productivity of talented players by more than that of less-talented players …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469704
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Effects of Training on Employee Suggestions and Promotions in an Internal Labor Market
Pfeifer, Christian; Janssen, Simon; Yang, Philip; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We evaluate the effects of employer-provided formal training on employee suggestions for productivity improvements and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009003956