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CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data

Kato, Takao; Long, Cheryl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China’s listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on CEO turnover, ownership structure and board characteristics, we estimate Logit models of CEO turnover. We find consistently for all performance measures including both stock...

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Sexual Orientation, Disclosure and Earnings

Plug, Erik; Berkhout, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

selection? In this paper we address this question and collect new information on workplace disclosure to separate out …/bisexual workers earn about 3 to 4 percent less than other men. Our disclosure estimates, however, provide little evidence that the …

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Subjective Evaluations: Discretionary Bonuses and Feedback Credibility

Fuchs, William - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We provide a new rationale for the use of discretionary bonuses. In a setting with unknown match qualities between a worker and a firm and subjective evaluations by the principal, bonuses are useful in order to make the feedback from the firm to the workers credible. This way workers in good...

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The Good, the Bad and the Naive: Do Fair Prices Signal Good Types or Do They Induce Good Behaviour?

Dulleck, Uwe; Johnston, David W.; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Evidence on behavior of experts in credence goods markets raises an important causality issue: Do "fair prices" induce "good behavior", or do "good experts" post "fair prices"? To answer this question we propose and test a model with three seller types: "the good" choose fair prices and behave...

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Labour Market Signalling and Unemployment Duration: An Empirical Analysis Using Employer-Employee Data

Frederiksen, Anders; Ibsen, Rikke; Rosholm, Michael; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper tests the signalling hypothesis using detailed flow-based employer-employee data from Denmark. The primary … plausible estimates of the signalling effect. It is established that the positive ability signal of being displaced due to a … previously been ignored in the empirical analysis of the signalling hypothesis such as local labour market conditions, the sector …

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Horizontal Mismatch in the Labour Market of Graduates: The Role of Signalling

Domadenik, Polona; Farčnik, Daša; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We follow Brodaty et al. (2008) and develop a model within the signalling literature where an employer decides whether … signalling effect of individual and institutional quality of study on individual horizontal match quality. First, based on a …

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Are Home Owners Really More Unemployed?

Munch, Jakob Roland; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper investigates the effects of home-ownership on labour mobility and unemployment duration. We distinguish between finding employment locally or by being geographically mobile. We find that home ownership hampers the propensity to move for job reasons but improves the chances of finding...

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The Impact of Arab Spring on Hiring and Separation Rates in the Tunisian Labour Market

Haouas, Ilham; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper analyses the hiring and separation rates in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring of 2011. Several models are specified to study employment decisions based on quarterly administrative firm level data over the period of 2007 to 2012. The data provides information about important...

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Earnings and Employment in Foreign-Owned Firms

Maré, Dave C.; Sanderson, Lynda; Fabling, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper examines remuneration and labour mobility patterns among workers in foreign-owned firms operating in New Zealand. By tracking workers as they move across jobs, we document the extent of the "foreign wage premium" distinguishing between compositional factors (eg, differences in...

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European Labour Mobility: Challenges and Potentials

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...

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