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van Ours, Jan; Gielen, A. C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

In a dynamic labor market worker-firm matches dissolve frequently causing workers to separate and firms to look for replacements.A separation may be initiated by the worker (a quit) or the firm (a layoff), or may result from a joint decision.A dissolution of a worker-firm match may be ineffcient...

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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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Collective vs Individual Sale of TV Rights in League Sports

Falconieri, S.; Palomino, F.A.; Sakovics, J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

.In several cases, however, leagues won in court, on the ground that sport cannot be considered a standard good.In this paper, we …

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The Sport League's Dilemma : Competitive Balance versus Incentives to Win

Palomino, F.A.; Rigotti, L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

We analyze a dynamic model of strategic interaction between a professional sport league that organizes a tournament … expected profits, while the league's objective may be either to maximize the demand for the sport or to maximize the teams … performance-based reward scheme (used by European sport leagues) may be optimal. Under joint profit maximization, full revenue …

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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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Will You still Need Me - When I'm 64?

van Ours, Jan - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009

For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on running and publishing in economic journals. Furthermore...

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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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Why Demotion of Older Workers is a No-Go Area for Managers

van Dalen, H.P.; Henkens, K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015

Demotion – a reduction of an employee’s rank and salary - is often mentioned by managers and policy makers as a measure to increase the employability of older workers, but in practice demotion is rarely applied. This paper takes a fresh look at the question of demotion by first employing a...

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Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the “Dying Seconds” of International Football Matches

van Ours, Jan; van Tuijl, M.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

This paper investigates whether there are country-specific characteristics in goalscoring in the final stage of important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full `A' international matches of six national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy...

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Your Morals are Your Moods

Kirchsteiger, G.; Rigotti, L.; Rustichini, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

We test the effect of players' moods on their behavior in a gift-exchange game.In the first stage of the game, player 1 chooses a transfer to player 2.In the second stage, player 2 chooses an effort level.Higher effort is more costly for player 2, but it increases player 1's payoff.We say that...

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