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Altruism and Relational Incentives in the Workplace
Dur, Robert - 2013
This paper studies how altruism between managers and employees affects relational incentive contracts. To this end we …
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Wage Premia for Newly Hired Employees : Theory and Evidence
Kampkötter, Patrick - 2011
We investigate wage differences between newly hired and incumbent employees. We show in a formal model that when … employees care for wages as well as match-specific utility, incumbents earn less than new recruits if and only if firm …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129084
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Occupational Status and Health Transitions
Ribar, David - 2011
We use longitudinal data from the 1984 through 2007 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics to examine how occupational status is related to the health transitions of 30 to 59 year-old U.S. males. A recent history of blue-collar employment predicts a substantial increase in the probability...
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Are Older Workers Worthy of Their Pay? An Empirical Investigation of Age-Productivity and Age-Wage Nexuses
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2010
Using longitudinal employer-employee data spanning over a 22-year period, we compare age-wage and age-productivity profiles and find that productivity increases until the age range of 50-54, whereas wages peak around the age 40-44. At younger ages, wages increase in line with productivity gains...
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Temporary Contracts and Monopsony Power in the UK Labour Market
Tabasso, Domenico - 2011
This paper addresses the applicability of the theory of equalizing differences (Rosen, 1987) in a market in which temporary and permanent workers co-exist. The assumption of perfect competition in the labour market is directly questioned and a model is developed in which the labour market is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121764
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Health Impaired Employees' Job Satisfaction : New Evidence from Athens, Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2011
heath-impaired employees. Health impaired employees are found to be less satisfied according to all job satisfaction … show that health impaired employees' job satisfaction is affected more than healthy employees' job satisfaction by adverse … mental health symptoms (life dissatisfaction). Finally, health impaired employees are found to become more satisfied with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122122
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Managerial Valuation of Applicant Credentials and Personal Traits in Hiring Decisions
Jones, James R. - 2011
We study how managers value applicant credentials and personal traits in hiring decisions. Using the ordered probit … model, we confirm previous results -managers rank applicant traits higher than credentials. However, we also uncover … patterns not previously observed - managerial valuations of some of these characteristics are dependent on managers' perception …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125464
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Is Innovative Firm Behavior Correlated with Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce? Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian - 2012
This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...
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Employer's Information and Promotion-Seeking Activities
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
This paper presents a model in which promotion of employees within the internal firm hierarchy is determined by the … the employer's knowledge (information) regarding the employees' productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096774
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Higher Wages, Overstaffing or Both? The Employer's Assessment of Problems Regarding Wage Costs and Staff Level in Co-Determined Establishments
Gralla, Rafael - 2012
This study examines the differences in the likelihood of overpayment and overemployment in establishments with and without works councils. In contrast to other studies, we use assessments by the management concerning the existence of such problems. Furthermore, we also analyze how different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096776