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The origins of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations: causal evidence from a mentoring intervention

Boneva, Teodora; Buser, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more pronounced among adolescents with low socioeconomic status...

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Mentoring and schooling decisions: causal evidence

Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Pinger, Pia - 2020

schools because their parents differ in socio-economic status. Based on a novel dataset for Germany, we demonstrate that …

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A note on the determinants and consequences of outsourcing using German data

Addison, John T.; Bellmann, Lutz; Pahnke, André; … - 2008

Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...

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Promotions and incentives : the case of multi-stage elimination tournaments

Altmann, Steffen (contributor); Falk, Armin (contributor); … - 2008

Promotion tournaments play an important role for the provision of incentives in firms. In this paper, we extend research on single-stage rank-order tournaments and analyze behavior in multi-stage elimination tournaments. The main treatment of our laboratory experiment is a two-stage tournament...

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Seemingly irrelevant events affect economic perceptions and expectations : the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006

"Prominent economic theories have emphasized the role of commonly held perceptions and expectations for determining macroeconomic outcomes. A key empirical question is how such collectively held beliefs are formed. We use the FIFA World Cup 2006 as a natural experiment. We provide direct...

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Homo reciprocans : survey evidence on prevalence, behavior and success

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006

Experimental evidence has convincingly shown the existence of reciprocal inclinations, i.e., a tendency for people to respond in-kind to hostile or kind actions. Little is known, however, about: (i) the prevalence of reciprocity in the population, (ii) individual determinants of reciprocity,...

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The extent of collective bargaining and workplace representation : transitions between states and their determinants ; a comparative analysis of Germany and Great Britain

Addison, John T.; Bryson, Alex; Teixeira, Paulino; … - 2009

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and the Britain. That said … representation in Germany and still less in both countries about firm transitions between these institutions over time. The present … and the erosion of sectoral bargaining in Germany, and identify the respective roles of behavioral and compositional …

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The intergenerational transmission of risk and trust attitudes

Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - 2006

We investigate whether two crucial determinants of economic decision making willingness to take risks and willingness to trust other people are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about these attitudes directly, and are good measures in the...

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Firms and early retirement : offers that one does not refuse

Bellmann, Lutz (contributor); Janik, Florian (contributor) - 2007

According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result of maximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising from a firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour. Firms enter into contracts with their employees that include clauses about...

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Recruitment and job applications of older jobseekers from the establishments' perspective

Bellmann, Lutz (contributor); Brussig, Martin (contributor) - 2007

In the demographic change, a prolongation of individual employment and thus of beginning a new employment in later stages of the work life is of growing importance. On the base of microeconomic data (establishment panel of the IAB), this paper analyses firms' characteristics correlating with...

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