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Should Employment Authorities Worry About Mergers and Acquisitions?

Margolis, David N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

. Second, it examines which individuals from which firms remain with the newly created entity after the takeover. Using a … active in the post-takeover period, with employees of the acquired firm being less likely to remain with the new entity in … the short term after takeover than those of the acquiring firm and with the differences between the two types of firms …

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Why Are So Few Females Promoted into CEO and Vice-President Positions? Danish Empirical Evidence 1997-2007

Smith, Nina; Smith, Valdemar; Verner, Mette - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In most OECD countries, only very few women succeed in reaching top executive positions. In this paper, the probability of promotion into VP and CEO positions is estimated based on employer-employee data on all Danish companies observed during the period 1997-2007. After controlling for a large...

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The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...

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Can You Trust the Good Guys? Trust Within and Between Groups with Different Missions

Fehrler, Sebastian; Kosfeld, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

NGOs and other non-profit organizations attract workers who strongly identify themselves with their missions. We study whether these "good guys" are more trustworthy and how such pronounced group identities affect trust and trustworthiness within the groups and toward out-groups. We find that...

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Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals

Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio; Caroli, Eve - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We investigate the role of local social pressure in shaping the geographical pattern of firms' firing decisions. Using French linked employer-employee data, we show that social pressure exerted by the local communities where firms' headquarters are located induces CEOs to refrain from dismissing...

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Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

De Paola, Maria; Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We exploit a natural experiment based on the Italian promotion system for associate and full professor positions to investigate gender differences in the willingness to enter competition. Using data on about 42,000 professors and controlling for productivity and a number of individual and field...

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Publish or Perish? Incentives and Careers in Italian Academia

Checchi, Daniele; De Fraja, Gianni; Verzillo, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We derive a theoretical model of effort in the presence of career concern based on the multi-unit all-pay auction, and closely inspired by the Italian academic market. In this model, the number of applicants, the number of new posts, and the relative importance of the determinants of promotion...

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Coworkers, Networks, and Job Search Outcomes

Saygin, Perihan Ozge; Weber, Andrea; Weynandt, Michèle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on administrative records for the universe of private sector...

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Firm-Level Hiring Difficulties: Persistence, Business Cycle and Local Labour Market Influences

Fabling, Richard; Maré, Dave C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We examine the correlates of reported hiring difficulties at the firm level using linked employer-employee and panel survey data over 2005-2011, focussing on the relative influence of firm-level characteristics, persistence, the business cycle and local labour market liquidity. At both the...

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Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation: Evidence from Italy

Scoppa, Vincenzo; Vuri, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to verify the role of unemployment as a worker discipline device, considering the...

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