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Other-Regarding Preferences and Leadership Styles
Kocher, Martin G.; Pogrebna, Ganna; Sutter, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use a laboratory experiment to examine whether and to what extent other-regarding preferences of team leaders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703650
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Risk, Uncertainty and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
Koudstaal, Martin; Sloof, Randolph; Praag, Mirjam C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
perform a large 'lab-in-the-field' experiment comparing entrepreneurs to managers – a suitable comparison group – and … employees (n = 2288). The results indicate that entrepreneurs perceive themselves as less risk averse than managers and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959844
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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers
DiNardo, John; Hallock, Kevin F.; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also assumes rent sharing between workers, managers and the owners of the … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233814
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Female Managers and their Wages in Central Europe
Jurajda, Stepán; Paligorova, Teodora - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
based on a matching procedure. Only 7% of top-level Czech managers are women and their wages are about 20 percent lower even …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703646
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Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches
Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper estimates racial differences in the retention probability, pay and performance of NBA coaches over the 1996-2003 period. Using a hazard function approach, I find small and statistically insignificant racial differences in the exit hazard, conditional on team performance, team payroll,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566734
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The Power of (No) Recognition: Experimental Evidence from the University Classroom
Hoogveld, Nicky; Zubanov, Nikolay - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884116
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Are Teams Less Inequality Averse than Individuals?
He, Haoran; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We compare inequality aversion in individuals and teams by means of both within- and between-subject experimental designs, and we investigate how teams aggregate individual preferences. We find that team decisions reveal less inequality aversion than individual initial proposals in team...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884177
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Social Preferences and Lying Aversion in Children
Maggian, Valeria; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884178
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The Individual and Joint Performance of Economic Preferences, Personality, and Self-Control in Predicting Criminal Behavior
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore the individual and joint explanatory power of concepts from economics, psychology, and criminology for criminal behavior. More precisely, we consider risk and time preferences, personality traits from psychology (Big Five and locus of control), and a self-control scale from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884182
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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 market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
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