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Economic theory predicts that agents will work harder if they believe in the "mission" of the organization. Well-identified estimates of exactly how much harder they will work have been elusive, however, because agents select into jobs. We conduct a real effort experiment with participants who...
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We measure the response of physicians to monetary incentives using matched administrative and time-use data on specialists from Québec (Canada). These physicians were paid fee-for-service contracts and supplied a number of different services. Our sample covers a period during which the Québec...
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of leavers prior to and after welfare reform. We find that after welfare reform leavers are much more likely to be … working. Although in Maryland those working have earnings that are somewhat below employed leavers prior to reform, in … substantially, and leavers are less likely to return to welfare following reform. -- Welfare reform ; earnings ; employment …
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model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change … model for the high unemployment countries of Europe. Our results suggest that this policy reform would significantly change …
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model by comparing reactions to a welfare reform that implied a dramatic increase in welfare benefits predicted by our model …
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the current system is very large and gives the opportunity of selecting a best reform according to many different criteria …
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This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …
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Welfare reform has transformed the U.S. cash assistance program for single parents and their children. Although there … remains substantial uncertainty about the importance of reform in producing the subsequent decline in the welfare caseload … employment and welfare recidivism comparing cohorts of leavers prior to and after welfare reform. We find that after welfare …
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"In 1998 the Slovenian UI system was drastically reformed. The reform reduced the potential duration of unemployment …
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of policy reform under which physicians could choose between two compensation systems: the traditional fee … mandatory reform, forcing all physicians to adopt the mixed remuneration system, would have had substantially larger effects on … physician behaviour than those observed under the voluntary reform. -- labour supply ; effort ; contracts ; practice patterns of …
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