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Marriage, Partnership and Sexual Orientation: A Study of British University Academics and Administrators

Booth, Alison L.; Frank, Jeff - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using a unique data source on marital status, partnership and sexual orientation of academics and administrators at … on the administrative side of the university. There is no female marriage premium, and no partnership return to gay men …

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Investment under Company-Level Pacts

Bellmann, Lutz; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Hübler, Olaf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

To improve their competitiveness the companies aim to increase the funds available to finance the necessary investments …

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The Heterogeneous Economic Consequences of Works Council Relations

Pfeifer, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

I use a question about works council relations from the 2006 wave of the IAB Establishment panel to analyze the heterogeneous effects of works councils on productivity, wages, and profits. The results indicate that the effects differ significantly between works council relationship types in a...

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The Institutional and Economic Limits to Bargaining Decentralization in Italy

D'Amuri, Francesco; Giorgiantonio, Cristina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Italy is not immune from the long term trend towards greater bargaining decentralization under way in Western Europe. The article surveys the main actions undertaken in recent years, either by social partners or by government intervention, in order to reduce the obstacles to this process,...

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Employer Preferences and Social Policy: Business and the Development of Job Security Regulations in Germany since World War I

Emmenegger, Patrick; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from their creation in the inter-war period to the dawn of the crisis of the 'German Model' in the 1980s. It contrasts the varieties of capitalism approach, which sees business as...

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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition: An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank

Madies, Thierry; Villeval, Marie Claire; Wasmer, Malgorzata - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a …-strategic uncertainty and for beliefs on others' competitiveness and ability. Social image matters, as evidenced by the fact that seniors …

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Performance Pay, Competitiveness, and the Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from the United States

McGee, Andrew; McGee, Peter; Pan, Jessica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 … – suggesting an increasing role for competitiveness in explaining the gender wage gap. …

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Preferences and Biases in Educational Choices and Labor Market Expectations: Shrinking the Black Box of Gender

Reuben, Ernesto; Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … college major choices and expected future earnings. In a sample of high ability undergraduates, we find that competitiveness … in overconfidence and competitiveness explain about 18% of the gender gap in earnings expectations. These experimental …

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Career Wage Profiles and the Minimum Wage

Papps, Kerry L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A model of on-the-job training in the presence of a minimum wage is presented. This predicts that the minimum wage will have a negative effect on a worker's subsequent wage growth when the labour market is competitive but a U-shaped effect when it is not competitive. This prediction is then...

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The Real Exchange Rate and External Competitiveness in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia

Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs; Hadj Amor Essid, Thouraya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

stagnant export shares. The limited export competitiveness has hampered external demand, growth and employment. Applying, for … fast growing emerging markets could also raise countries' external competitiveness. …

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