We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … that conformance to performance norm is the most likely behavioral mechanism behind our findings. …

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

While survey data supports a strong relationship between personality and labor market outcomes, the exact mechanisms … traits on performance. We find that more neurotic subjects perform worse, and that more conscientious individuals perform … on labor market outcomes operates through productivity. In addition, we find evidence that gender and university major …

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 …

We study the effect of recognition on performance with a field experiment involving first-year undergraduate students … that conformance to performance norm is the most likely behavioral mechanism behind our findings. …

While survey data supports a strong relationship between personality and labor market outcomes, the exact mechanisms … traits on performance. We find that more neurotic subjects perform worse, and that more conscientious individuals perform … on labor market outcomes operates through productivity. In addition, we find evidence that gender and university major …

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 …

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 …