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Trusting Former Rebels: An Experimental Approach to Understanding Reintegration after Civil War
Bauer, Michal; Fiala, Nathan; Levely, Ian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The stability of many post-conflict societies rests on the successful reintegration of former soldiers. We examine … social capital of former soldiers in Northern Uganda, where the Lord's Resistance Army forcibly recruited tens of thousands … of youth during a recent brutal conflict. We use a set of interlocked experiments to study behavior of ex-soldiers …
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Honest on Mondays: Honesty and the Temporal Distance between Decisions and Payoffs
Ruffle, Bradley; Tobol, Yossi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory military service rolled a six-sided die in private and reported the … from the army base on Thursday afternoon. Soldiers who participated on Sunday (the first work day of the week) are …
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Screening for Honesty
Ruffle, Bradley; Tobol, Yossi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We report the results of a field experiment on honesty conducted on 427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884262
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Physician-Leaders and Hospital Performance: Is There an Association?
Goodall, Amanda H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital … executive officers of these hospitals are then traced by hand. The CEOs are classified into physicians and non …
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Occupational Mismatch and Moonlighting among Spanish Physicians: Do Couples Matter?
Dolado, Juan José; Felgueroso, Florentino - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
There are relevant gender differences in the labour-market status of health sciences graduates in Spain: (i) female … physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762184
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The Sociology of Groups and the Economics of Incentives: Theory and Evidence on Compensation Systems
III, William E. Encinosa; Gaynor, Martin; Rebitzer, James B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
When working together, people engage in non-contractual and informal interactions that constitute the sociology of the group. We use behavioral models and a unique survey of medical groups to analyze how group sociology influences physician incentive pay and behavior. We conclude that informal...
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The Impact of Being Monitored on Discriminatory Behavior among Employers: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Today there is a variation within the EU to what extent nations allow for situation test results to constitute mass of evidence in court in order to prevent ethnic discrimination. In the UK The Equality and Human Rights Commission has the right to conduct discrimination tests and to even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822518
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Evidence of Ethnic Discrimination in the Swedish Labor Market Using Experimental Data
Carlsson, Magnus; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We present experimental evidence for recruitment discrimination against men with an Arabic sounding name. Our results show that every fourth employer discriminates against the minority. However, simulations indicate that ethnic discrimination is only responsible for less than one sixth of the...
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Between Meritocracy and Ethnic Discrimination: The Gender Difference
Arai, Mahmood; Bursell, Moa; Nekby, Lena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Using a two stage correspondence test methodology, this study tests employer priors against job-applicants with Arabic names compared to job-applicants with Swedish names. In the first stage, employers are sent CVs of equal observable quality. Thereafter, in the second stage, the CVs with Arabic...
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Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies Are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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