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Do informational nudges alter firms' hiring behavior of older workers?
Homrighausen, Pia; Lang, Julia - 2019
This paper analyses a local marketing campaign in Germany that provided information about unproven agerelated … comprehensive register data, we find that the information provided by the campaign (via banners, interviews, job fairs and … information brochures) did change firms' employment behavior. The cheap and mild intervention increased the employment rate of …
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Predicting re‑employment : machine learning versus assessments by unemployed workers and by their caseworkers
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Kunaschk, Max; Lang, Julia; … - 2024
We analyze unique data on three sources of information on the probability of re‑employment within 6 months (RE6), for …) assessments sometimes contain information not captured by the machine learning algorithm. …
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante...
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Higher wages or lower expectations? : adjustments of German firms in the hiring process
Brenzel, Hanna; Müller, Anne - 2015
Labour shortages are a field of research that has been investigated quite thoroughly. The reactions of firms facing problems during the hiring process are, however, largely neglected in empirical literature. Our research will fill this empirical gap and shed light on the question of whether...
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Measuring the use of human resources practices and employee attitudes : the Linked Personnel Panel
Kampkötter, Patrick; Mohrenweiser, Jens; Sliwka, Dirk; … - 2015
Mit der Einführung der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende im Jahr 2005 wurde in Deutschland ein System von Sanktionen implementiert, das für Arbeitslosengeld(ALG)-II-Bezieher im Alter von unter 25 Jahren besonders starke Leistungsminderungen nach sich ziehen kann. In unserem...
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Asymmetric information in external versus internal promotions
Bossler, Mario; Grunau, Philipp - 2016
source of information for internal versus external promotions. By contrast, formal vocational degrees and initial job task …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448114
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Support on the way to the top? : the effect of organisational equal opportunities measures on women's promotion prospects
Wanger, Susanne - 2022
Even though women have been able to increase their participation in management positions to a small extent in recent years, they are still significantly underrepresented in management positions. Organisational measures to promote gender equality and work-life balance are seen as an option to...
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The organizational design of high-tech startups and product innovation
Grimpe, Christoph; Murmann, Martin; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2018
hierarchical levels are often suspected to restrict innovative activities. However, founders' capacities for information processing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774892
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Labor in the boardroom
Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Heining, Jörg - 2020
We estimate the effects of a mandate allocating a third of corporate board seats to workers (shared governance). We study a reform in Germany that abruptly abolished this mandate for new firm cohorts but locked it in for incumbents. Rejecting the canonical hold-up prediction - that increasing...
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On the efficiency properties of the Roy's model under asymmetric information
Mendolicchio, Concetta; Pietra, Tito - 2014
We consider Roy's economies with perfectly competitive labor markets and asymmetric information. Firms choose their …
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