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Tenures that Shook the World : Worker Turnover in Russia, Poland and Britain
Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - 2021
We study worker turnover in a transition economy to investigate to what extent the length of time a worker has been employed by a firm shapes the turnover process. Using data from the Polish Labor Force Survey and The Russian Longitudinal Monitor Survey, we compare the pattern of turnover with a...
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Does Gender Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Sabarwal, Shwetlena; Terrell, Katherine - 2021
Using 2005 firm level data for 26 ECA countries, this paper estimates performance gaps between male- and female-owned businesses, while controlling for their location by industry and country. We find that female entrepreneurs have significantly smaller scale of operations (as measured by sales...
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China's Sex Ratio and Crime : Behavioral Change or Financial Necessity?
Cameron, Lisa A. - 2016
rising criminality in China. Consistent with socio-biological research on other species, we find that China's high sex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012997453
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Subjective Well-Being in China, 2005-2010 : The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location
Asadullah, M. Niaz - 2016
-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups … find that women, urban residents and people with higher income are happier in China. More schooling, better health and … China, conditional on socio-economic differences. On the other hand, rural residents are poorer than urban residents so that …
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The Gender Composition of Corporate Boards and Firm Performance : Evidence from Russia
Garanina, Tatiana - 2019
This paper studies economic effects of the gender composition of corporate boards, employing a new and unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the national stock market between 1998 and 2014. Using multiple identification approaches, alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868825
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Unequal Consequences of Covid-19 Across Age and Income : Representative Evidence from Six Countries
Belot, Michele - 2020
been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831094
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Not for the Profit, But for the Training? Gender Differences in Training in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Sectors
Dostie, Benoit - 2017
We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we...
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Dependent Forms of Self-Employment in the UK : Identifying Workers on the Border between Employment and Self-Employment
Böheim, René; Muehlberger, Ulrike - 2021
We analyse the characteristics of workers who provide work on the basis of a civil or commercial contract, but who are dependent on or integrated into the firm for which they work. We argue that these dependent self-employed lose their rights under labour law, receive less favourable benefits...
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Team Incentives : Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment
Bandiera, Oriana - 2012
Many organizations rely on teamwork, and yet field evidence on the impacts of team-based incentives remains scarce. Compared to individual incentives, team incentives can affect productivity by changing both workers' effort and team composition. We present evidence from a field experiment...
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Incentives in the Public Sector : Evidence from a Government Agency
Burgess, Simon M. - 2012
This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot scheme of incentives in a major government agency. The incentive scheme was based on teams and covered quantity and quality targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We...
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