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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … more likely to make it into the NHL, but display significantly lower performance across all birth cohorts than later … calendar births. In short, those in the top echelon of NHL achievement are drawn from fatter cohorts and later relative age …

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The Effects of Binding and Non-Binding Job Search Requirements

Arni, Patrick; Schiprowski, Amelie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Job search requirements constrain the effort choice of unemployment insurance recipients by enforcing a minimum number of monthly applications. This paper is the first to assess how individual search effort, job finding and job stability react to this constraint. Standard job search theory...

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Labour Supply and Taxes

Meghir, Costas; Phillips, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In this paper we provide an overview of the literature relating labour supply to taxes and welfare benefits with a focus on presenting the empirical consensus. We begin with a basic continuous hours model, where individuals have completely free choice over their hours of work. We then consider...

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Surviving Unemployment without State Support: Unemployment and Household Formation in South Africa

Klasen, Stephan; Woolard, Ingrid - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

High unemployment in many OECD countries is often attributed, at least in part, to the generosity and long duration of unemployment compensation. It is therefore instructive to examine a country where high unemployment exists despite the near complete absence of an unemployment insurance system....

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Wage-Hours Contracts, Overtime Working and Premium Pay

Hart, Robert A.; Ma, Yue - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper offers a contract-based theory to explain the determination of standard hours, overtime hours and overtime … explore a simple wage-hours contract without overtime and show that incorporating hours into the contract may itself produce … efficiency gains. We then show how the introduction of overtime hours, remunerated at premium rates, can further improve contract …

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Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company

Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

frequently. These hypotheses are tested using days of absence and overtime work as effort indicators. The tests yield that …

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Long-Term Effects of Unpaid Overtime: Evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Why do people work unpaid overtime? We show that remarkable long-term labor earnings gains are associated with unpaid … overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on … effects of unpaid overtime work. Our results point to the importance of investment in current working hours beyond the …

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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort

Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

provide more effort than permanent employees. Using indicators for unpaid overtime work and absences taken from the Swiss … probability of working unpaid overtime exceeds that of permanently employed workers by 60 percent. We show the heterogeneity of …

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Overtime Work, Overtime Compensation and the Distribution of Economic Well-Being Evidence for the West Germany and Great Britain

Pannenberg, Markus; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

Using panel data for West Germany and Great Britain, we show that there are striking differences in overtime work and … overtime compensation in the two countries in the 1990s. Our estimates reveal that the observed overtime patterns affect both … performance-related pay and unpaid overtime in Great Britain is an important factor in explaining the observed differences. With …

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Does the Statutory Overtime Premium Discourage Long Workweeks?

Trejo, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

effects of overtime pay regulation on weekly work schedules. After controlling for workweek trends within industries, the … sharp expansions in overtime pay coverage resulting from legislative amendments and Supreme Court decisions produced no … discernible impact on overtime hours. This finding is consistent with a model of labor market equilibrium in which straight …

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