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The survival of unique corporate cultures

Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2016

In this paper we identify two situations that can lead a firm to hire an executive who supports a corporate culture that differs from the firm's current culture. In the first case, there is similarity between the firm's culture and that of the candidate and in the second case, executives who...

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Dishonesty as a collective-risk social dilemma

Jiang, Shuguang; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2022

We study cheating as a collective-risk social dilemma in a group setting in which individuals are asked to report their actual outcomes. Misreporting their outcomes increases the individual's earnings but when the sum of claims in the group reaches a certain threshold, a risk of collective...

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Culture, institutions and the wealth of nations

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - 2010

We construct an endogenous growth model that includes a cultural variable along the dimension of individualism-collectivism …. Collectivism leads to efficiency gains relative to individualism, but these gains are static, unlike the dynamic effect of … collectivism, in line with recent advances in biology and neuro-science. The effect of culture on long-run growth remains very …

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The post-enlargement migration experience in the Baltic labor markets

Hazans, Mihails; Philips, Kaia - 2011

We use Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian LFS data (2002-2007) complemented with several other surveys to compare the profile of Baltic temporary workers abroad before and after EU accession with that of stayers and return migrants. Determinants of migration and return, as well as selection issues...

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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009

Muravyev, Alexander - 2010

This paper presents and discusses new data on employment protection legislation (EPL) in the successor states of the former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II) for assessing the strictness of national labor laws...

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Labour market flexibility and employment protection regulation in the Baltic States

Eamets, Raul (contributor); Masso, Jaan (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Maternity benefits and marital stability after birth : evidence from the Soviet Baltic republics

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Malkova, Olga - 2023

Can a policy intervention in the stressful first year after a birth affect marital stability? We examine this question using a large expansion in maternity benefits in 1982 in the Baltic countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The program provided partially paid leave until the child's first...

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The interplay between organizational structure, culture and employees' socio-emotional skills within their social capital

Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Altmann, Jörn; Heshmati, … - 2022

Organization theorists identify organizational social capital as one of the primary building blocks of a potentially powerful resource for improving organizational performance. However, little is known about the impact of the socio-emotional skills of the employees within their social capital...

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Do migrants get good jobs in Australia? : the role of ethnic networks in job search

Mahuteau, Stéphane (contributor); … - 2008

We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants' job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements. As a result of restrictions in welfare eligibility since...

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Ancestry versus ethnicity : the complexity and selectivity of Mexican identification in the United States

Duncan, Brian (contributor); Trejo, Stephen J. (contributor) - 2008

Using microdata from the 2000 U.S. Census, we analyze the responses of Mexican Americans to questions that independently elicit their "ethnicity" (or Hispanic origin) and their "ancestry". We investigate whether different patterns of responses to these questions reflect varying degrees of ethnic...

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