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Naroditskiy, Victor; Stein, Sebastian; Tonin, Mirco; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Word-of-mouth, referral, or viral marketing is a highly sought-after way of advertising. We undertake a field experiment that compares incentive mechanisms for encouraging social media shares to support a given cause. Our experiment takes place on a website set up to promote a fundraising drive...

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Exploring the Nature of Loss Aversion

Johnson, Eric J.; Gächter, Simon; Herrmann, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Loss aversion, the fact that losses have a greater impact than gains, is a fundamental property of behavioral accounts of choice. In this paper, we suggest four possible characterizations of the relative impact of losses and gains: (1) It could be a constant, such as the much cited value of 2,...

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Demand Side Analysis of Microlending Markets in Germany

Kritikos, Alexander S.; Kneiding, Christoph; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In developing and transition economies, microlending has become an effective instrument for providing micro businesses with the necessary financial resources to launch operations. In the industrialized countries, with their highly developed banking systems, however, there has been ongoing debate...

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HRM Practices and Performance of Family-Run Workplaces: Evidence from the 2004 WERS

Siebert, W. Stanley; Peng, Fei; Maimaiti, Yasheng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

employment. We find that employees in this group have stronger feelings of job security and loyalty, which we relate to family …

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Workplace Performance, Worker Commitment and Loyalty

Brown, Sarah; McHardy, Jolian; McNabb, Robert; Taylor, Karl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

the determinants of a measure of worker commitment and loyalty (CLI) and whether CLI influences workplace performance …. Factors influencing employee commitment and loyalty include age and gender, whilst workplace level characteristics of … importance include human resource practices. With respect to the effects of employee commitment and loyalty upon the workplace …

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Motivation, Expectations and the Gender Pay Gap for UK Graduates

Chevalier, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

. These conservative attitudes affect women’s wages even at an early stage of their career. Without a change in attitude, the …

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