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Field Experiments with Firms
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We discuss how the use of field experiments sheds light on long standing research questions relating to firm behavior. We present insights from two classes of experiments: within and across firms, and draw common lessons from both sets. Field experiments within firms generally aim to shed light...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024598
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The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also … constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate whether this social aspect of organizations has an important benefit … willingness to enforce a norm of cooperation towards fellow platoon members. This suggests that the social aspect of organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763566
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Wage Flexibility and Labour Market Institutions: A Meta-Analysis
Clar, Miquel; Dreger, Christian; Ramos, Raúl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
provide a quantitative summary of the available evidence regarding the influence of labour market institutions on real wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822141
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Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996
Falzoni, Anna M.; Venturini, Alessandra; Villosio, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
characteristics of workers, changes in the institutions of the labour market, in skill-biased technological progress and increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822491
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Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development
Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We analyze the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process … of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law … necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822516
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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822557
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Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Evidence from 26 Transition Countries
Commander, Simon; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
explanatory power once they are introduced jointly rather than one at a time, or when country, industry and year fixed effects are … within countries do not. Moreover, the limited firm- and country-level variations in the business environment over time do …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822639
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The Determinants of Part-Time Work in EU Countries: Empirical Investigations with Macro-Panel Data
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
. Institutions and other structural factors are also found to be significant and important determinants of the rate of part-time …This paper aims to identify the contribution of the business cycle and structural factors to the development of part-time … employment in the EU-15 countries, through the exploitation of both cross-sectional and time series variations over the past two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822753
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The Role of Information and Institutions in Understanding the Black-White Gap in Self-Employment
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth; Belton, Willie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
literature also provides evidence of the long lived nature of institutions and the link between institutions and decision making … transmission of information across time and generations. We show that African-Americans who were less likely to be influenced by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822895
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Immigration: The European Experience
Dustmann, Christian; Frattini, Tommaso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
measurable skills. We conclude with a discussion of the role of regulations and institutions as one possible mechanism for these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416931