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Reference dependent preferences and the impact of wage increases on job satisfaction : theory and evidence

Grund, Christian (contributor); Sliwka, Dirk (contributor) - 2005

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction is explored theoretically and empirically. To do this, we apply a utility function that rises with the absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. It is shown that when employees can influence their wages by exerting effort, myopic utility...

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Works councils and performance appraisals

Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk; Titz, Krystina - 2019

Drawing on two large German representative data sets, we analyze the role of works councils for the use of performance appraisals (PA). We distinguish between the incidence of performance appraisal systems as intended by the firm and their actual implementation on the level of the individual...

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An experiment on creativity in virtual teams

Grund, Christian; Harbring, Christine; Klinkenberg, Lisa - 2024

The organization of work and the characteristics of tasks have undergone considerable changes in recent years. The developments include (i) an increased relevance of virtual teams and (ii) a higher demand for non-routine tasks in organizations, including creativity. Existing research on creative...

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Bonus payments, hierarchy levels and tenure : theoretical considerations and empirical evidence

Grund, Christian; Kräkel, Matthias - 2010

Using data on executive compensation for the German chemical industry, we investigate the relevance of two theoretical approaches that focus on bonuses as part of a long term wage policy of a firm. The first approach argues that explicit bonuses serve as substitutes for implicit career concerns....

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The transatlantic productivity gap : is R&D the main culprit?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2011

The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US can be explained not only by a lower level of corporate...

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R&D, embodied technological change and employment : evidence from Italian microdata

Barbieri, Laura; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2016

This paper explores the employment impact of innovation activity, taking into account both R&D expenditures and …-2010. The main outcome from the proposed fixed effect estimations is a labor-friendly nature of total innovation expenditures … ETC is included as a proxy for innovation activities. Moreover, the positive employment impacts of innovation activities …

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Are robots stealing our jobs?

Pellegrino, Gabriele; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

statistically significant evidence of the expected labor-friendly nature of innovation. More in detail, neither R&D nor investment …

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Is R&D good for employment? : microeconometric evidence from the EU

Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2017

Using a unique firm-level database comprising the top European R&D investors over the period 2002-2013 and running LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labour-friendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment effect appears limited in magnitude and entirely due to...

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Embodied and disembodied technological change : the sectoral patterns of job-creation and job-destruction

Dosi, Giovanni; Piva, Mariacristina; Virgillito, Maria … - 2019

This paper addresses, both theoretically and empirically, the sectoral patterns of job creation and job destruction in order to distinguish the alternative effects of embodied vs disembodied technological change operating into a vertically connected economy. Disembodied technological change...

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Testing the employment impact of automation, robots and AI : a survey and some methodological issues

Barbieri, Laura; Mussida, Chiara; Piva, Mariacristina; … - 2019

The present technological revolution, characterized by the pervasive and growing presence of robots, automation, Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, is going to transform societies and economic systems. However, this is not the first technological revolution humankind has been facing,...

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