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Jäger, Simon; Noy, Shakked; Schoefer, Benjamin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

interact with other labor market institutions, such as union representation and collective bargaining. We close by discussing …

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The Effects of Wage Contracts on Workplace Misbehaviors : Evidence from a Call Center Natural Field Experiment

Flory, Jeffrey A. - 2016

Workplace misbehaviors are often governed by explicit monitoring and strict punishment. Such enforcement activities can serve to lessen worker productivity and harm worker morale. We take a different approach to curbing worker misbehavior--bonuses. Examining more than 6500 donor phone calls...

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How was the Weekend? How the Social Context Underlies Weekend Effects in Happiness and other Emotions for US Workers

Helliwell, John F. - 2015

In this paper we estimate the size of weekend effects for seven emotions and then explore their main determinants for the working population in the United States, using the Gallup/Healthways US Daily Poll 2008-2012. We first find that weekend effects exist for all emotions, and that these...

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Worker Representatives

Budde, Julian; Dohmen, Thomas; Jäger, Simon; Trenkle, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the selection of German works council representatives and their impact on worker outcomes. Becoming a professional representative leads to substantial wage gains for the elected,...

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The Effect of Offer-of-Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement

Bebchuk, Lucian Arye - 2000

bargaining under offer-of-settlement rules that can be used to analyze the effect that such rules have on the terms of settlement …

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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy

Davis, Steven J. - 2000

Centralized wage-setting institutions compress relative wages. Motivated by this fact, we investigate the effects of centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 and compare it to the U.S. distribution over the...

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The Effect of Unions on Employment : Evidence from an Unnatural Experiment in Uruguay

Cassoni, Adriana - 2000

banned (1973-1984), then legalized with tripartite bargaining (1984-1991) followed by industry-wide or firm …-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The relationship between wages and employment shifted significantly across these periods as evidenced by …-output elasticity fell sharply after 1984. - Unions significantly raised wages in 1985-1992, but afterwards the change in bargaining …

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The Role of Shocks and Institutions in the Rise of European Unemployment : The Aggregate Evidence

Blanchard, Olivier - 1999

Two key facts about European unemployment must be explained: the rise in unemployment since the 1960s, and the heterogeneity of individual country experiences. While adverse shocks can potentially explain much of the rise in unemployment, there is insufficient heterogeneity in these shocks to...

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The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements : Theory and Evidence

Libecap, Gary D. - 1999

importance of incentive-compatibility and self-enforcement and the bargaining problems faced in achieving viable, long …

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Wage Flexibility Under Sectoral Bargaining

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

collective bargaining agreements, to study the interactions between wage floors and wage cushions and quantify the impact of …

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