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What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Bryson, Alex; Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

have focused on the intention to hire. Instead, we rely on a virtual labour market, the Fantasy Football Premier League …

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Ten Do It Better, Do They? An Empirical Analysis of an Old Football Myth

Caliendo, Marco; Radic, Dubravko - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

In this paper we investigate how the expulsion of a player influences the outcome of a football match. Common sense … implies a negative impact for the affected team. However, an old football myth suggests that such an expulsion might also be …

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Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the "Dying Seconds" of International Football Matches

Ours, Jan C. van; Tuijl, Martin A. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six … national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European …

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Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies

Cockx, Bart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In Belgium youth unemployment is structurally higher than the European (EU27) average, in particular for the low …

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The Regional Dimension of Collective Wage Bargaining: The Case of Belgium

Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Tojerow, Ilan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

. The second solution, the regionalisation of wage bargaining, is frequently mentioned in Belgium or in Italy where regional …

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Peer Effects in the Workplace

Cornelissen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...

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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers

DiNardo, John; Hallock, Kevin F.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a unionized workforce. We develop a simple efficiency wage model, with a tradeoff between higher wages for workers and more monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also...

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The Structure of the Permanent Job Wage Premium: Evidence from Europe

Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

1995-2001, I investigate the wage premium for permanent jobs relative to temporary jobs. The countries are Austria, Belgium …

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Establishment Size and the Dispersion of Wages: Evidence from European Countries

Lallemand, Thierry; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We investigate how the wage distribution differs among small and large establishments in four European countries. Findings show that within-establishment wage dispersion rises with size because large employers have a more diverse workforce. They also suggest that screening and monitoring costs...

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Wages and the Bargaining Regime under Multi-level Bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain

Plasman, Robert; Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

by a multi-level system of bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain. Our findings show that, compared to multiemployer … bargaining, single-employer bargaining has a positive effect both on wage levels and on wage dispersion in Belgium and in Denmark … in Belgium and Denmark, single-employer bargaining is used to adapt pay to the specific needs of the firm while, in Spain …

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