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The impact of gender diversity on the performance of business teams : evidence from a field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
This paper reports about a field experiment conducted to estimate the impact of the share of women in business teams on their performance. Teams consisting of undergraduate students in business studies start up a venture as part of their curriculum. We manipulated the gender composition of teams...
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How diverse can spatial measures of cultural diversity be? : results from Monte Carlo simulations on an agent-based model
Arribes-Bel, Daniel; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2014 - Version: April 17, 2014
Cultural diversity is a complex and multi-faceted concept. Commonly used quantitative measures of the spatial distribution of culturally-defined groups 'such as segregation, isolation or concentration indexes' are often only capable of identifying just one aspect of this distribution. The...
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Disinformation for hire : examining the production of false COVID-19 information
Cohn, Alain; Stoop, Jan; Rahman, Hatim A. - 2022
Misinformation is linked to increased social divisions and adverse health outcomes. While most research focuses on the spread of misinformation, we examine the production of misinformation intended to mislead (disinformation). Our field experiment (N=1,200) found, adjusting for circumstantial...
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The impact of gender diversity on the performance of business teams : evidence from a field experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008691
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Cultural diversity and cultural distance as choice determinants of migration destination
Wang, Zhiling; Graaff, Thomas de; Nijkamp, Peter - 2014
This study analyses the impact of cultural composition on regional attractiveness from the perspective of migrant sorting behaviour. We use an attitudinal survey to quantify cultural distances between natives and immigrants in the area concerned, and estimate the migrants' varying preferences...
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Socio-cultural diversity and urban buzz
Arribas-Bel, Daniel; Kourtit, Karima; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010191333
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Sequential or non-sequential recruitment?
Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - 2004
This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a … applications by job seekers. Informal recruitment methods tend to imply sequential search. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011337993
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The attractiveness of temporary employment to reduce adjustment costs
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - 2005
In this paper I determine the importance of adjustment costs in employers' hiring decisions. Temporary work arrangements offer potential ways to avoid adjustment costs. I estimate employers willingness to pay for the characteristics of these work arrangements. I distinguish regular contracts,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348353
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A microeconomic model for employers' search in the labour market : the number of recruitment channels
Russo, Giovanni (contributor) - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000560209
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Hiring, firing, education and productivity : a South-African case study
Frijters, Paul - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000956187