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Privatization, entry regulation and the decline of labor's share of GDP: a cross-country analysis of the network industries
Azmat, Ghazala; Manning, Alan; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
labor share, employment and wages respond to privatization and other regulatory changes. We exploit cross-country panel data …
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The impact of the labour market on the timing of marriage and births in Spain
Gutiérrez-Domènech, Maria - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
.e. high unemployment rates and fixedterm contracts) postpone childbearing. We test if female employment (full and part … a first, second and third child using a Cox hazard approach. Results show that female employment delays marriage in …. From our male sample analysis we learn that male unemployment, at the individual level, impacts negatively on fertility …
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Pay for performance where output is hard to measure: the case of performance pay for school teachers
Marsden, David; Belfield, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
The introduction of performance-related pay with Performance Management in the state school sector of England and Wales represents a considerable change in the school management system. After 2000, all teachers were subject to annual goal setting performance reviews. Experienced teachers were...
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Unions, within-workplace job cuts and job security guarantees
Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Using data from the Workplace Employment Relations Survey 1998, this paper shows that unionisation increased the …
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The impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals
Bloom, Nick; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to construct instrumental variables for market...
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Revolving door lobbyists
Blanes i Vidal, Jordi; Draca, Mirko; Fons-Rosen, Christian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
Washington's 'revolving door' - the movement from government service into the lobbying industry - is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex-government staffers benefit from the personal connections acquired during their public service. Lobbyists with experience in the...
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Public enterprises and labor market performance
Horner, Johannes; Ngai, L. Rachel; Olivetti, Claudia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper shows that state control of some industries may have contributed to the increase in European unemployment … that when economic turbulence increases, higher unemployment rates may result in economies that have a larger public sector. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745340
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Performance pay for teachers: linking individual and organisational level targets
Belfield, Richard; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
The introduction of performance-related pay and performance management schemes in the maintained, state, school sector represents a considerable change in the school management system. This paper combines the results of opinion surveys of classroom and head teachers with Department for Education...
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What if Congress doubled R&D spending on the physical sciences?
Van Reenen, John; Freeman, Richard B. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Many business, academic, and scientific groups have recommended that the Congress substantially increase R&D spending in the near future. President Bush’s American Competitiveness Initiative calls for a doubling of spending over the next decade in selected agencies that deal with the physical...
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Does performance pay de-motivate, and does it matter?
French, Stephen; Kubo, Katsuyuki; Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001
The sheer scale and speed of the shift of payment system from time-based salaries to performancerelated pay, PRP, in the British public services provides a unique opportunity to test the effects of incentive pay schemes. This study is based on the first large scale survey designed to measure the...
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