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Career interruptions and current earnings : the role of interruption type, compensation component, and gender
Gerst, Benedikt; Grund, Christian - 2017
of middle managers from the German chemical sector, we are able to differentiate between different reasons for …
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Tournaments and managerial incentives in China's listed firms : new evidence
Kato, Takao (contributor); Long, Cheryl (contributor) - 2008
an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …
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Career consequences of hyperbolic time preferences
Drago, Francesco (contributor) - 2006
In this paper I address theoretically and assess empirically the effect of impatience on workers' on-the-job behavior. Theoretically, short-run impatience explains several empirical regularities concerning job mobility and account for different on-the-job behaviors. On-the-job search on one hand...
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An economic analysis of identity and career choice
Knoth Humlum, Maria (contributor);  … - 2007
Standard economic models which focus on pecuniary payoffs cannot explain why there are highly able individuals who choose careers with low pecuniary returns. Therefore, financial incentives are unlikely to be effective in influencing career choices of these individuals. Based on Akerlof and...
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The career prospects of overeducated Americans
Clark, Brian; Joubert, Clement; Maurel, Arnaud - 2014
In this paper we analyze career dynamics for the large share of U.S. workers who have more schooling than their peers in the same occupation. We use data from the NLSY79 combined with the CPS to analyze transitions into and out of overeducated employment, together with the corresponding effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010380877
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The superstar quest : does youth talent predict professional success for female and male tennis players?
Grove, Wayne A.; Jetter, Michael - 2014
We estimate the relationship between international youth and professional tennis rankings. We find no difference between the predictiveness of rankings from age 14 & Under versus age 16 & Under competitions. The most persistent predictor of professional success is beating older top ranked...
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Gendered entrepreneurship networks
Markussen, Simen; Røed, Knut - 2016
In virtually all industrialized countries, women are underrepresented in entrepreneurship, and the gender gap exhibits a remarkable persistence. We examine one particular source of persistence, namely the prevalence of gendered networks and associated peer effects. We study how early career...
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Potential parenthood and career progression of men and women : a simultaneous hazards approach
Biewen, Martin; Seifert, Stefanie - 2016
We analyze individual career transitions of men and women in Germany. Our particular focus is on the association of upward, downward and horizontal job changes with individual fertility. In contrast to most of the literature, we focus on potential rather than realized fertility. Based on mixed...
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Does employer learning vary by schooling attainment? : the answer depends on how career start dates are defined
Light, Audrey; McGee, Andrew D. - 2014
We demonstrate that empirical evidence of employer learning is sensitive to how one defines the career start date and, in turn, measures cumulative work experience. Arcidiacono, Bayer, and Hizmo (2010) find evidence of employer learning for high school graduates but not for college graduates,...
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Fixed-term employment and fertility : evidence from German micro data
Auer, Wolfgang; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
We study the short-to medium-run effects of starting a career on a fixed-term contract on subsequent fertility outcomes. We focus on the career start since we expect that temporary contracts and their inherent economic uncertainty imply a path dependency which might have spill-over effects on...
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