games and underdogs to be less performing. They also show that the performance differential between players increases with …

records plus matched labour market data. We focus on three main issues: whether performance pay matters for public service …This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency's performance management system and personnel …

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …

The need to evaluate the performance of active labour market policies is not questioned any longer. Even though OECD … focus on microeconometric evaluation which has to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and overcome the possible … occurrence of selection bias. When using non-experimental data, different evaluation approaches can be thought of. The aim of …