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A Field Experiment in Motivating Employee Ideas
Gibbs, Michael; Neckermann, Susanne; Siemroth, Christoph - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884106
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959523
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Collective Bargaining and Innovation in Germany: Cooperative Industrial Relations?
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … representative data for Germany – for many observers the exemplar of a cooperative industrial relations regime – to investigate the … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734418
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Parallel Private Health Insurance in Australia: A Cautionary Tale and Lessons for Canada
Hurley, Jeremiah; Vaithianathan, Rhema; Crossley, Thomas F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Canada’s restrictions on the role of private health insurance for publicly insured physician and hospital services are unique among countries with universal, publicly funded health care systems. Pressure is mounting in Canada, however, to loosen these restrictions and create a parallel system...
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The Economics of Hospital Trips and Health Care Reform
Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998
schemes is the assumption that economic incentives play an important role in individual decision-making about using medical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566833
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Can Contracts Signal Social Norms? Experimental Evidence
Danilov, Anastasia; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions of other agents and thus have more information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884174
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The Lure of Authority: Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power
Fehr, Ernst; Herz, Holger; Wilkening, Tom - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
controlling parties, while a large percentage of subordinates under-provide effort despite pecuniary incentives to the contrary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884366
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Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Gift or Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Many large listed firms offer workers the opportunity to buy shares in the firm at discounted rates through employee stock purchase plans (ESPP). The discounted rate creates a gift exchange, where the firm hopes that workers who accept the gift reciprocate with greater loyalty and effort. But...
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Incentives and Information as Driving Forces of Default Effects
Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Grunewald, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The behavioral relevance of non-binding default options is well established. While most research has focused on decision makers' responses to a given default, we argue that this individual decision making perspective is incomplete. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of the foundation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959692
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Incentives and the Design of Charitable Fundraisers: Lessons from a Field Experiment
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
schemes designed to encourage either participation or volume. Our results confirm the importance of incentives in that we find …
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