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Sabotage in Tournaments: Making the Beautiful Game a Bit Less Beautiful
Garicano, Luis; Palacios-Huerta, Ignacio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
obtain evidence on the effect of stronger incentives on productive and destructive effort. Using as control the behavior of … the same teams in a competition that experienced no changes in incentives, we provide differences-in-differences estimates …, and that indeed attendance suffered as a result of the incentive change. Thus, teams responded to stronger incentives, but …
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Locational Competition versus Cooperation in Labour Markets: An Implicit Contract Reinterpretation
Burda, Michael C; Mertens, Antje - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The need for locational competition among labour markets arises when labour is immobile. At the same time market clearing under such conditions can lead to wage and income variability. In such cases demand for insurance against regional shocks arises, which can be provided by nationwide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124289
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Unions and Wage Insurance
Burda, Michael C - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
Existing theories of unions emphasize their impact on wage levels relative to the opportunity cost of leisure. This paper explores the possibility that monopoly unions provide income insurance against idiosyncratic wage variability. An optimal union contract is characterized by real wage and...
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Globalization and the Provision of Incentives Inside the Firm
Cuñat, Vicente; Guadalupe, Maria - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper studies the effect of changes in foreign competition on the incentives faced by U.S. managers in the form of …
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The Economics of Prozac (Do Employees Really Gain from Strong Employment Protection?)
Wasmer, Etienne - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Unlike many other contracts, employment contracts are subject to various external administrative procedures governing separations, ranging from compulsory severance payments and advance notice periods (usually seniority based), to collective layoff procedures (usually depending on the firm's...
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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. In some countries where labour markets are...
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The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain
Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Women in Britain who work part-time have, on average, hourly earnings about 25% less than that of women working full-time. This gap has widened greatly over the past 30 years. This paper tries to explain this part-time pay penalty. It shows that a sizeable part of the penalty can be explained by...
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What Makes an Entrepreneur and Does it Pay? Native Men, Turks and Other Migrants in Germany
Constant, Amelie; Shachmurove, Yochanan; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper focuses on the entrepreneurial endeavors of immigrants and natives in Germany. We pay closer attention to Turks, since they are the largest immigrant group with a strong entrepreneurial tradition; self-employed Turks in Germany represent about 70% of all Turkish entrepreneurs in the...
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Changes in the Distribution of Male and Female Wages Accounting for Employment Composition Using Bounds
Blundell, Richard William; Gosling, Amanda; Ichimura, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper examines changes in the distribution of wages using bounds to allow for the impact of non-random selection into work. We show that bounds constructed without any economic or statistical assumptions can be informative. Since employment rates in the UK are often low they are not...
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Wage Premia and Skill Upgrading in Italy: Why Didn't the Hound Bark?
Manasse, Paolo; Stanca, Luca; Turrini, Alessandro Antonio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper presents firm level evidence on the dynamics of non-manual wage premia and employment shares in Italian manufacturing during the nineties. We find that the relative stability of aggregate wage premia and employment shares hides offsetting disaggregate forces. First, while technical...
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