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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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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