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How Do Incentives Affect Creativity?
Eckartz, Katharina - 2013
We compare performance in a word based creativity task under three incentive schemes: a flat fee, a linear payment and …
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City Competition for the Creative Class
Buettner, Thiess - 2013
This paper explores the conditions under which decentralization and fiscal competition lead to a policy of subsidizing cultural activities. A theoretical analysis discusses these subsidies as a form of local public good provision which makes a city more attractive to highly educated individuals....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074404
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Incentives and Creativity in Groups
Ramm, Joachim; Tjotta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - 2021
It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315724
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Minorities, Human Capital and Long-Run Development : Persistence of Armenian and Greek Influence in Turkey
Arbatli, Cemal Eren - 2017
We study the long-term economic legacy of highly-skilled minorities a century after their wholesale expulsion. Using mass expulsions of Armenian and Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century as a unique natural experiment of history, we show that districts with greater...
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Male Education and Domestic Violence in Turkey : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Ozer, Mustafa - 2017
We utilize a natural experiment, an education reform increasing compulsory schooling from five to eight years in Turkey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951834
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Does Maternal Education Affect Childhood Immunization Rates? Evidence from Turkey
Ozer, Mustafa - 2017
in Turkey. The CEL increased the compulsory years of schooling of those born after 1986 from 5 to 8 years. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012955419
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Worldviews and Intergenerational Altruism : A Comparison of Turkish People Living in Turkey and Germany
Akkemik, K. Ali - 2017
people living in Turkey and in Germany, using the anthropological concept of worldview. Data were gathered from four surveys …: nationwide surveys in Turkey and Germany, an online survey of Turkish people living in Germany, and a survey conducted as an … people living in Turkey and those who live in Germany. Turkish people living in Germany tend to resemble German people in …
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Monetary Policy in Turkey after Central Bank Independence
Gürkaynak, Refet S. - 2015
developments and pay particular attention to monetary policy. The data suggests that the Central Bank of Turkey was a strong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011437
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Preferences, Selection, and Value Added : A Structural Approach Applied to Turkish Exam High Schools
Akyol, S. Pelin - 2013
What do applicants care about when choosing a school in Turkey? Are their preferences vertical or horizontal? Which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013079378
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Explaining the Body Mass Index Gaps between Turkish Immigrants and Germans in West Germany 2002-2012 : A Decomposition Analysis of Socio-Economic Causes
Dang, Rui - 2021
In this paper, we decompose body mass index (BMI) differences between Turkish immigrants and Germans in West Germany for women and men. We focus on isolating the part of BMI differences that can be explained by differences in observed socioeconomic status from the part attributable to...
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