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Leadership and the research productivity of university departments

Goodall, Amanda H.; McDowell, John M.; Singell, Larry D. - 2014

Much of human knowledge is produced in the world's university departments. There is little scientific evidence, however, about how those hundreds of thousands of departments are best organized and led. This study hand-collects longitudinal data on departmental chairpersons in 58 US universities...

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Immigrant entrepreneurs and innovation in the U.S. high-tech sector

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Kim, Mee Jung; Lee, … - 2019

We estimate differences in innovation behavior between foreign versus U.S.-born entrepreneurs in high-tech industries … characteristics and innovation activities. We find uniformly higher rates of innovation in immigrant-owned firms for 15 of 16 … different innovation measures; the only exception is for copyright/trademark. The immigrant advantage holds for older firms as …

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Helping hand or grabbing hand? : state bureaucracy and privatization effectiveness

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - 2009

Why have economic reforms aimed at reducing the role of the state been successful in some cases but not others? Are reform failures the consequence of leviathan states that hinder private economic activity, or of weak states unable to implement policies effectively and provide a supportive...

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The reallocation of workers and jobs in Russian industry : new evidence on measures and determinants

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002

Gross job and worker flows in Russian industry are studied using panel data from a recent survey of 530 firms selected through national probability sampling. The data permit an examination of several important measurement issues - including the timing and definition of employment, the roles of...

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Job reallocation and productivity growth under alternative economic systems and policies : evidence from the Soviet transition

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2002

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity growth? This paper studies the extreme case of economic system change and alternative transitional policies in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual...

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Equilibrium wage arrears : a theoretical and empirical analysis of institutional lock-in

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2000

We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...

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Gross job flows in Russian industry before and after reforms : has destruction become more creative?

Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - 2001

This paper uses 1985-1999 manufacturing census data for old Russian enterprises to calculate the magnitude and productivity effects of gross job flow rates before and after reforms. Job creation was low throughout the period in this sector, but increased slightly during the transition, while job...

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Boss competence and worker well-being

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014

Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...

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How common are bad bosses?

Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018

Bosses play an important role in workplaces. Yet little is currently known about a foundational question. Are the right people promoted to be managers, team leaders, and supervisors? Gallup data and the famous Peter Principle both suggest that incompetent bosses are likely to be all around us....

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Women have to enter the leadership race to win : using random selection to increase the supply of women into senior positions

Goodall, Amanda H.; Osterloh, Margit - 2015

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk...

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