We evaluate a firm's unusual, worker-centered, solution to the agency problem: enabling employees to reduce the cost of …" intervention among 2,976 white-collar employees and evaluate their outcomes over two years. We find that performance increases … are shared between the firm and the employees through higher bonuses. Finally, we show that observational data obscure …

This paper reports the results of a survey of over 1500 employees who faced compulsory reductions of 10 percent in … related. Time spent in other work rose with the presence of children, especially for women. Employee reaction to the program … was generally favorable; married women were most positive and married men least positive. Workers 45 years of age and over …

According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and … happiness, considers implications for policymakers, and explores where Australia lies in international subjective well …, where a common language should help subjective measures to be reliable, Australia performs poorly on a range of happiness …

engineers' programming output, particularly for senior engineers. The tradeoffs from proximity are more acute for women, who …