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Efficiency of universities and research-focused institutions worldwide : an empirical DEA investigation ased on institutional publication numbers and estimated academic staff numbe...
Bornmann, Lutz; Gralka, Sabine Marlene; Moya Anegón, … - 2020
the efficiency of institutions worldwide, the problem concerning the availability of internationally standardized data …. We calculate efficiency scores for more than 4,800 universities and other research-focused institutions worldwide … America or Europe. The results of the study show that institutions in the Pacific region have the highest average efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175828
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Do you really want to share everything? : the wellbeing of work-linked couples
Hennecke, Juliane; Hetschko, Clemens - 2021
Work as well as family life are crucial sources of human wellbeing, which however often interfere. This is especially so if partners work in the same occupation or industry. At the same time, being work-linked may benefit their career success. Still, surprisingly little is known about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499522
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How does working-time flexibility affect workers' productivity in a routine job? : evidence from a field experiment
Boltz, Marie; Cockx, Bart; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; … - 2020
We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307449
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Parents under stress : evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Germany
Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah S. - 2021
What are the effects of school and daycare facility closures during the COVID-19 pandemic on parental well-being and parenting behavior? Can emergency childcare policies during a pandemic mitigate increases in parental stress and negative parenting behavior? To answer these questions, this study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514517
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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017
We study the usually assumed trade-off between income and leisure in labor supply decisions using comprehensive German panel data. We compare non-employed individuals after plant closures with employed people regarding both income and time use as well as their subjective perceptions of these two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688216
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Globalization, gender, and the family
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hâle - 2019
This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure because it influences work-life balance. Employing population register data on all births, marriages, and divorces together with employer-employee linked data for Denmark, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031126
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Women's voice at work and family-friendly firms
Garcia-Louzao, Jose; Perez-Sanz, Ruben - 2024
Uneven family responsibilities are at the root of gender gaps. Using a new dataset covering all firm-level agreements signed in Spain between 2010 and 2018, we explore whether the presence of female worker representatives can facilitate the negotiation of family-friendly policies with...
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How do institutions affect the impact of natural disasters?
Bos, Jaap W. B.; Gröschl, Jasmin Katrin; Lamers, Martien; … - 2022
else equal, suffer relative to the best performing countries. We can refer to this as the countries' (in)efficiency at … with a 10%higher disaster relief efficiency will save one more life and protect four more people at the cost of $8 million in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473916
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Smart-working : work flexibility without constraints
Angelici, Marta; Profeta, Paola - 2020
Does removing the constraints of time and place of work increase the utility of workers and firms? We design a randomized experiment on a sample of workers in a large Italian company: workers are randomly divided into a treated group that engages in flexible space and time job (which we call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177144
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Agreeing on efficient emissions reduction
Bos, Olivier; Roussillon, Béatrice; Schweinzer, Paul - 2013
infracting upon productive efficiency. The mechanism employs a contest creating incentives among participating nations to …
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