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which wages are not contingent on firm size but more productive employers always pay higher wages. Although the state space …
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We show that wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry is not fundamentally driven by labor productivity in contrast to the standard theoretical prediction. On the contrary, internal institutional arrangements – payroll taxation, the minimum wage or the price wedge between...
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study the interaction of different payment modes with reciprocity. In particular, we analyze how equal wages affect … matched with two agents. The principal pays equal wages in one treatment and can set individual wages in the other. We find … that the use of equal wages elicits substantially lower efforts and efficiency. This is not caused by monetary incentives …
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Project provides new microeconomic evidence on how wages change for continuing workers. We analyze individuals’ earnings in 31 …
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contractual incompleteness. In our experiment, one principal is matched with two agents. The principal pays equal wages in one … treatment and can set individual wages in the other. We find that the use of equal wages elicits substantially lower efforts …
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In this paper, we discuss recent evidence from economic experiments that study the impact of social preferences on workplace behavior. We focus on situations in which a single employer interacts with multiple employees. Traditionally, equity and efficiency have been seen as opposing aims in such...
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Die ökonomische Beurteilung von Vorgängen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt erfordert eine solide und aussagekräftige Datengrundlage. Eine Kerngröße zu deren Verständnis bilden Stundenlöhne. Stundenlöhne erklären beispielsweise, ob und in welchem Umfang Menschen arbeiten und konsumieren, warum und...
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We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The …
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lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …
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Earnings inequality and earnings determination in urban China 2002 and Russia 2003 are compared using samples covering large parts of the two countries. The results from estimated earnings functions are put in perspective of the outcome from a similar comparison made at the end of the 1980s. We...
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