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In this paper we reassess the food consumption and dietary impact of the regimes of food and food price control and … eventually, food rationing, that were introduced in Britain during the First World War. At the end of the War the Sumner … workers’ households. We also find that the price controls were particularly effective in changing the pattern of food spending …
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consumption is two and a half times larger for households that can afford to cut the value of food consumption (75th quantile …) than for households at the bottom (25th quantile) of the food-consumption distribution. Similarly, households with diets …We investigate the impact of increases in wheat flour prices on household food security using unique nationally …
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linkages between conflict, food insecurity, and food price shocks in Afghanistan. Spatial mappings of the raw data reveal large … variations in levels of food insecurity and conflict across the country; surprisingly, food insecurity is not higher in conflict … effects on household food security – measured by calorie intake and the real value of food consumed – based on the level of …
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workplace cheating. Firms often use bonus-based compensation plans, such as group bonuses and firm-wide profit sharing, that … induce considerable uncertainty in how much workers are paid. Exposing workers to a compensation scheme based on random … employer's compensation scheme. …
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theory of social justice: the principles of compensation and reward. Ex-ante and ex-post versions of the compensation …
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using bonuses, commissions, or piece-rates. We find that compensation in performance-pay jobs is more closely tied to both …
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In our simple model the supervisor: i) cannot observe the agent's effort; ii) aims at inducing the agent to exert high effort; but iii) can only offer rewards based on performance. Since performance is only stochastically related to effort, evaluation errors may occur. In particular, deserving...
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We put together the different conceptual issues involved in measuring inequality of opportunity, discuss how these concepts have been translated into computable measures, and point out the problems and choices researchers face when implementing these measures. Our analysis identifies and...
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modern compensation theory, but has not been extended to organization theory. The perspective sheds new light on several …
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social comparisons. We explore the relative relevance of these concepts for total compensation as well as for different parts … of the compensation package of managers. Making use of a unique panel data set of managers of the German chemical sector …, we find that social comparisons of compensation indeed affect reported job satisfaction. Managers compare their total …
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