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Incentives to work and performance in the public sector
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Philippopulos, Apostolēs; … - 2015
This paper develops a dynamic general equilibrium model with three distinct social groups, capitalists, private workers and public employees. After solving for the status quo equilibrium, which can mimic the advantages of employment in the public sector in most EU countries, the paper looks for...
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Subsidies for wages and infrastructure : how to restrain undesired immigration
Fenge, Robert (contributor); Meier, Volker (contributor) - 2006
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Delegating recruitment under asymmetric information
Sengupta, Sarbajit - 2002
Recruitment is often delegated to senior employees. Delegated recruitment, however, is vulnerable to moral hazard … relates to the candidates type . Delegation is then superior to direct (owner) recruitment and offering tenure or guaranteed … seniority to the senior employee is neither always desirable for the owner nor necessary to ensure good recruitment. If there is …
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The effect of dispatch methods on a recruiting campaign for a business survey : evidence from Germany
Brandt, Przemyslaw; Demmelhuber, Katrin; Wohlrabe, Klaus - 2020
ensure stability of participation rates, regular sample recruitment is indispensable. Does the dispatch method matter for …
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Labour demand in Germany : an assessment of non-wage labour costs
Chen, Yu-Fu; Funke, Michael - 2003
The data indicate that non-wage labour costs in Germany have reached a record high in recent years. From 1972 to 2001, the ratio of non-wage labour costs to direct compensation in West German manufacturing industry rose from 55.6 per cent to 81.2 per cent. The topic of non-wage labour costs is...
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Do firms hire more older workers? : evidence from Germany
Busch, Fabian; Fenge, Robert; Ochsen, Carsten - 2021
This paper analyses how demographic changes of the labour force affect labour demand. Do firms adjust their hiring behaviour to an ageing society? Combining data at the firm level and the administrative district level, we analyse the hiring behaviour of firms. Our findings suggest that firms...
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Optimal fiscal policy with labor selection
Chugh, Sanjay K.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018 - This Draft: June 11, 2018
This paper characterizes long-run and short-run optimal fiscal policy in the labor selection framework. In a calibrated non-Ramsey decentralized equilibrium, labor market volatility is inefficient. Keeping fixed the structural parameters, the Ramsey government achieves efficient labor market...
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Skills, signals, and employability : an experimental investigation
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018
As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among...
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Hiring through referrals in a labor market with adverse selection
Dariel, Aurelie; Riedl, Arno; Siegenthaler, Simon - 2019
Information asymmetries can prevent markets from operating efficiently. An important example is the labor market, where employers face uncertainty about the productivity of job candidates. We examine theoretically and with laboratory experiments three key questions related to hiring via...
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Term length and the quality of appointments
Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa - 2000
Consider a principal who appoints an agent. Let the agent potentially serve for a sufficiently long time that one principal is replaced by another over this period. Suppose also that the quality of the agent appointed increases with the effort the incumbent principal devotes to hiring. Then the...
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