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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through …-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …

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 …

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different pay and relative performance information policies on … employee effort. We explore three information policies: No feedback about relative performance, feedback given halfway through …-takes-all tournament. We find that, regardless of the pay scheme used, feedback does not improve performance. There are no significant peer …