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Life satisfaction differences between workers and non-workers : the value of participation per se
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2001
Socio-economic Panel data set. By comparing the satisfaction with life between workers and non-workers with the same …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326416
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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2006
Civil servants have a reputation for being lazy. However, people's personal experiences with civil servants frequently run counter to this stereotype. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335183
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Incentives and workers' motivation in the public sector
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2004
Civil servants have a bad reputation of being lazy. However, citizens' personal experiences with civil servants appear to be significantly better. We develop a model of an economy in which workers differ in laziness and in public service motivation, and characterise optimal incentive contracts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002128047
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I can't get no satisfaction - necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Block, Jörn; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003762641
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I can't get no satisfaction : necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Block, Jörn; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new … entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up—not because their start-up fails to deliver financial returns, but … individuals starting a business after a period of long-term unemployment and those individuals with a lack of better employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376664
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The impact of matching mission preferences on well-being at work
Zoutenbier, Robin - 2014
whose political preferences do not match. A match of political preferences has no effect on the job satisfaction of workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259632
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Competition and well-being
Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A. A. M. van - 2004
We study the effects of competition in a context in which people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that in such an environment the very presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any payoff gains for the short side of the market. We also find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335225
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The joy of lottery play : evidence from a field experiment
Burger, Martijn J.; Hendriks, Martijn; Pleeging, Emma; … - 2018
We conducted a field experiment to increase our understanding of lottery participation. Using representative data for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924802
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A world divided : refugee centers, house prices, and household preferences
Dröes, Martijn; Koster, Hans - 2019
The number of refugees around the world has increased substantially in the last decade. To cope with refugee flows …, many countries have built refugee centers (RCs) for refugees to await the outcome of their asylum procedure. The opening of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122514
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Perspectives from the happiness literature and the role of new instruments for policy analysis
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007
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