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Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?

Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the … university graduates, Spanish physicians are the ones most often coupled to partners with the same educational level and/or same …

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The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems

III, William E. Encinosa; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...

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Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?

Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital … executive officers of these hospitals are then traced by hand. The CEOs are classified into physicians and non …

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Social Capital and Immigrants' Labour Market Performance

Piracha, Matloob; Tani, Massimiliano; Vaira-Lucero, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper analyses the role of social capital on immigrants' labour market outcomes. We use the "principal component analysis" (PCA) to build an index of social networks and explore its impact on the probability of getting a job and on wage levels using the Households Income and Labour Dynamics...

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The Impact of Incumbency on Turnout: Evidence from Italian Municipalities

Benedetto, Marco Alberto De; De Paola, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...

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Neighbourhood Turnover and Teenage Attainment

Gibbons, Steve; Silva, Olmo; Weinhardt, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Theories about neighbours' influence on children based on social capital, cohesion and disorganisation stress the importance of neighbourhood stability. However, amongst the vast number of studies on the effect of neighbours on a child's education, none has tested whether neighbourhood stability...

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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?

Belton, Willie; Huq, Yameen; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...

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Regulation, Trust, and Cronyism in Middle Eastern Societies: The Simple Economics of 'Wasta'

Barnett, Andy; Yandle, Bruce; Naufal, George S - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Despite being a fixture of everyday life in the Arab world, wasta, which may be thought of as special influence by members of the same group or tribe, has received little attention from social scientists. Our casual empiricism suggests that wasta is an important determinant of how economic...

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Clean Money in a Dirty System: Relationship Networks and Land Rezoning in Queensland

Murray, Cameron K.; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...

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Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

Cameron, Lisa A.; Shah, Manisha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Cash transfer programs can provide important financial support for poor households in developing countries and are becoming increasingly common. However the potential for mistargeting of program funds is high. This paper focuses on the social consequences arising from misallocation of resources...

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