Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 390
Cover Image
Is intent to migrate irregularly responsive to recent German asylum policy adjustments?
Beber, Bernd; Ebert, Cara; Sievert, Maximiliane - 2024
We investigate the extent to which asylum policies that aim to deter individuals from migrating irregularly in fact do so. We specifically consider effects of Germany's recent and high-profile asylum policy adjustments, which include accelerated asylum decision processes, the prospect of asylum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495681
Cover Image
Hunger and performance in the classroom
Afridi, Farzana; Barooah, Bidisha; Somanathan, Rohini - 2019
Hunger and malnourishment can adversely affect students' performance by lowering their effort and cognition during … school hours. We conduct a lab-in-the field experiment, leveraging the extension of India's school meal program from primary … classroom. Using individual level data on the performance of students in a cognitive task both before and after the extension of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118323
Cover Image
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009155574
Cover Image
Management compensation and the economic crisis : longitudinal evidence from the German chemical sector
Grund, Christian; Hofmann, Tanja - 2013
Making use of unique balanced panel data for the German chemical sector from the years 2008 to 2011, we explore the extent to which managers' compensation was affected by the economic crisis and the extent to which it increased afterwards. Carrying out longitudinal analyses, we find that, on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754706
Cover Image
Monetary reference points of managers : an empirical investigation of status quo preferences and social comparisons
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - 2012
We assemble two reference point based concepts of utility in our empirical study: the own previous status quo and social comparisons. We explore the relative relevance of these concepts for total compensation as well as for different parts of the compensation package of managers. Making use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681303
Cover Image
Women workers in essential British metal and chemical industries during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years
Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, Elizabeth J. - 2023
Group 1 metal and chemical industries formed the essential suppliers of British war materials during WW2. Their industrial sectors covered metal manufacture, general and electrical engineering, vehicle production, aircraft production, shipbuilding, metal goods, chemicals and explosives, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335836
Cover Image
A time-space dynamic panel data model with spatial moving average errors
Baltagi, Badi H.; Fingleton, Bernard; Pirotte, Alain - 2018
This paper focuses on the estimation and predictive performance of several estimators for the time-space dynamic panel … data model with Spatial Moving Average Random Effects (SMA-RE) structure of the disturbances. A dynamic spatial Generalized …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872320
Cover Image
The elite and the marginalised : an analysis of public spending on mass education in the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha (contributor); Ghosh, Sugata (contributor) - 2008
-development spending ; India …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758959
Cover Image
Caste based discrimination : evidence and policy
Siddique, Zahra (contributor) - 2008
Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760072
Cover Image
Union membership effect on wage premiums : evidence from organized manufacturing industries in India
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor) - 2008
process of global integration deepens the labour market become more flexible and fragmented, rendering collective organization … organised manufacturing industries in India. The study uses a recent survey data on labour market in the organised manufacturing … benefits in the organized manufacturing industries in India. -- Trade unions ; wage differentials ; manufacturing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760317