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Age, Cohort and Co-Authorship
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The previously documented trend toward more co- and multi-authored research in economics is partly (perhaps 20 percent) due to different research styles of scholars in different birth cohorts (of different ages). Most of the trend reflects profession-wide changes in research style. Older...
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Stated and Revealed Inequality Aversion in Three Subject Pools
Beranek, Benjamin; Cubitt, Robin; Gächter, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
a replication opportunity for those papers, with two innovations: (i) a design which allows stated and revealed …
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The Meaning of Failed Replications: A Review and Proposal
Clemens, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of … replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over … methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This paper proposes an unambiguous definition of replication, one that …
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From Estimation Results to Stylized Facts: Twelve Recommendations for Empirical Research in International Activities of Heterogeneous Firms
Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
firm performance; replication; within-study replication by international research teams; meta-analysis; and talking to …
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Unobserved Heterogeneity and Risk in Wage Variance: Does Schooling Provide Earnings Insurance?
Mazza, Jacopo; van Ophem, Hans; Hartog, Joop - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We apply a recently proposed method to disentangle unobserved heterogeneity from risk in returns to education. We replicate the original study on US men and extend to US women, UK men and German men. Most original results are not robust. A college education cannot universally be considered an...
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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
We study the effects of a field experiment designed to motivate employee ideas, at a large technology company. Employees were encouraged to submit ideas on process and product improvements via an online system. In the experiment, the company randomized 19 account teams into treatment and control...
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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...
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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 …
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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...
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