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The labor supply of self-employed workers : the choice of working hours in worker co-ops
Pencavel, John H. - 2014
Workers in cooperatives are self-employed workers and, if they resemble employees in conventional workplaces, they care about the length of their working hours. In this paper, their choice of hours is characterized as a conventional labor supply decision and a familiar hours-wage relationship is...
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Worker cooperatives and democratic governance
Pencavel, John H. - 2012
A worker co-operative is a firm that is owned and managed by those who work in it. This paper provides a selective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009631451
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The economic preferences of cooperative managers
Alves, Guillermo; Blanchard, Pablo; Burdín, Gabriel; … - 2019
A growing body of research has been investigating the role of management practices and managerial behaviour in conventional private firms and public sector organizations. However, little is known about managers' behavioural profile in noninvestor-owned firms. This paper aims to fill this gap by...
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Creating an efficient culture of cooperation
Fehr, Ernst; Williams, Tony - 2017
Throughout human history, informal sanctions by peers were ubiquitous and played a key role in the enforcement of social norms and the provision of public goods. However, a considerable body of evidence suggests that informal peer sanctions cause large collateral damage and efficiency costs....
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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries
Callan, Tim (contributor); Smeeding, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2008
provide comparable results for seven European countries (Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, the Netherlands and the UK …
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The Italian job : match rigging, career concerns and media concentration in Serie A
Boeri, Tito (contributor); Severgnini, Battista (contributor) - 2008
This paper contributes to the literature on competition and corruption, by drawing on records from Calciopoli, a judicial inquiry carried out in 2006 on corruption in the Italian soccer league. Unlike previous studies, we can estimate the determinants of match rigging and use this information in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760304
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Outside income and moral hazard : the elusive quest for good politicians
Gagliarducci, Stefano (contributor);  … - 2008
In most modern democracies elected officials can work in the private sector while appointed in parliament. We show that when the political and market sectors are not mutually exclusive, a trade-off arises between the quality of elected officials and the effort they exert in political life. If...
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008
researchers who have at least a bachelor's from Italy and live abroad. There are three alternative country choices: the US …. Ceteris paribus, both push and pull factors are important. While having a Ph.D. from outside Italy predicts the UK choice …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652707
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Electoral rules and politicians' behavior : a micro test
Gagliarducci, Stefano (contributor);  … - 2008
Theory predicts that the majoritarian electoral system should produce more targeted redistribution and lower politicians' rents than proportional representation. We test these predictions using micro data for the mixed-member Italian House of Representatives, which allow us to sidestep the...
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Centralized wage determination and regional unemployment differences : the case of Italy
Caponi, Vincenzo (contributor) - 2008
rate accompanied by low wages in the North even when compared to other western European countries. -- Italy ; European …
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