consistently that the introduction of a PSP or a TIP will lead to a significant increase in productivity (about 10 percent) whereas … no such evidence found for ESOPs or SOPs. We also find that the productivity payoff appears to be more long-lasting for … complements in their productivity effects …

entrepreneurs three years after graduation. We find that each 100,000 inhabitant-increase in the size of the individualﾒs province … markets, young entrepreneurs are able to reap-off the benefits of urbanization externalities: every 100,000-inhabitant … increase in the province's population raises entrepreneurs' net monthly income by 0.2-0.3 percent …

Limited access of entrepreneurs to credit constrains the creation and growth of private firms. In Africa, access to … entrepreneurs with productive technologies, while firm growth depends on acquired capital. The shortage of collateral creates a …

productivity in enterprises operated by young owners. Using the World Bank's recent LSMS-ISA database that covers six countries in … young adults to start enterprises, but to also enable young entrepreneurs to improve productivity in already existing … Sub-Saharan African, we find that young adults present a lower share of enterprise owners and derive less income from it …

overall productivity-enhancing effect. The reform of fixed-term contracts instead did not produce the intended results: it … productivity losses. We estimate substitution elasticities across various types of temporary contracts that are consistent with …

productivity, exploiting an exogenous variation in the institutional environment regulating collective bargaining. We find that the … introduction of collective performance related pay significantly increases productivity by around 3-5 per cent, but such effect … type of parameters used – is also relevant for firm productivity …

In this paper, we explore the impact of part-time work on firm productivity. Using a large panel data set of Italian … corporations' balance sheets for the period 2000-2010, we first estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) of each firm for each …

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year …-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational … outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable … centralized systems (Italy and Germany) lagging behind the more autonomous ones (Canada, Sweden, the UK, the US). For Italy, we … find that managerial practices are positively related to students' outcomes. The estimates imply that if Italy had the same …