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Rigotti, L.; Ryan, M.; Vaithianathan, R. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

This paper constructs an equilibrium model of entrepreneurial innovation where individuals differ in their attitude … toward uncertainty.Unlike previous models of innovation, the firm-formation process is endogenous.An entrepreneur, who owns …'s willingness to work with the uncertain technology.The general equilibrium setting allows us to explore the impact of innovation on …

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Beyond Penrose : A Cognitive Theory of the Firm

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

This paper uses a cognitive theory of firms and organizations, with a focus on learning and innovation.Here, cognition … collaboration between firms, for learning and innovation, in the combination of capabilities between rather than within the firm …

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Paying with Self-Chosen Goals : Incentives and Gender Differences

Dalton, Patricio Santiago; Noussair, Charles; Gonzalez … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015

Abstract: To boost employees’ performance, firms often offer monetary bonuses when production goals are reached. However, the evidence suggests that the particular level of a goal is critical to the effectiveness of this practice. Goals must be challenging yet achievable. Computing optimal...

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Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers : Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas

Chin, A.; Meltem Daysal, N.; Imberman, S.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012

Abstract: Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant increase in the probability that a district...

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Run For Fun : Intrinsic Motivation and Physical Performance

van Ours, Jan; Filippin, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012

Abstract: We use data from the 24-hours Belluno run which has the unique characteristic that participants are affiliated with teams and run for an hour. This allows us not only to study the individual relationship between age and performance but also to study group dynamics in terms of...

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Unraveling the age-productivity nexus : Confronting perceptions of employers and employees

van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, C.J.I.M.; Schippers, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009

What determines the perceived productivity of young and older workers? In this study we present evidence for (Dutch) employers and employees. By confronting the perceptions of employers and employees some remarkable similarities and differences are revealed. It turns out that productivity...

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Immigration, Endogenous Technology Adoption and Wages

Ray Chaudhuri, A.; Pandey, Manish - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015

We document that immigration to U.S. states has increased the mass of workers at the lower range of the skill distribution. We use this change in skill distribution of workers to analyze the effect of immigration on wages. Our model allows firms to endogenously respond to the immigration-induced...

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Language Skills and Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in the Netherlands

van Ours, Jan; Yao, Y. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015

Many immigrants in the Netherlands have poor Dutch language skills. They face problems in speaking and reading Dutch. Our paper investigates how these prob-<br/>lems affect their labor market performance in terms of employment, hours of work<br/>and wages. We find that for female immigrants language...

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Social Interaction and the Minority-Majority Earnings Inequality : Why Being a Minority Hurts but being a big Minority Hurts More

Kahanec, M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

Empirical findings that minorities typically attain lower economic status than majorities and that relatively larger minorities perform worse than smaller ones pose a challenge to economics.To explain this scale puzzle, I model an economy where the society is bifurcated into two social groups...

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Does it Pay to do Well in Competitions? The case of the Queen Elizabeth Piano Competition

van Ours, Jan; Ginsburgh, V. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

Pianists who achieve high scores in the Queen Elizabeth musical competition are rewarded by subsequent success.It is not clear whether this is caused by the score itself or because those who have high scores are better pianists anyway. Since the timing and the order of appearance are good...

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