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When the early bird catches the worm: The impact of training in retail
Hinerasky, Christiane; Fahr, René - 2011
We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...
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E-Learning Engagement Gap during School Closures: Differences by Academic Performance
Amer-Mestre, Josep; Ayarza-Astigarraga, Alaitz; Lopes, … - 2021
administrative and survey data before the pandemic, we find that both teachers and students in lower performing regions were using no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882480
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When the Early Bird Catches the Worm: The Impact of Training in Retail
Hinerasky, Christiane; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325437
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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service: Evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012
This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b … three estimations support the hypothesis that financial perception has a greater effect on the decision to access and use … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291318
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Job Matching, Social Network and Word-of-Mouth Communication
Calvó-Armengol, Antoni; Zenou, Yves - 2003
Workers are embedded within a network of social relationships and can communicate through word-of-mouth. They can find a job either directly or through personal contacts. From this micro scenario, we derive an aggregate matching function that has the standard properties but fails to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262763
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Performance spillovers and social network in the workplace: evidence from rural and urban weavers in a Chinese textile firm
Kato, Takao; Shu, Pian - 2008
We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data we use are rather extraordinary - weekly data for rejection rates (proportion of defective output) for all weavers in a firm during a 12 months (April 2003-March 2004) period,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268660
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Labor mobility, social network effects, and innovative activity
Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas - 2011
We study the mapping between labor mobility and industrial innovative activity for the population of R&D active Danish firms observed between 1999 and 2004. Our study documents a positive relationship between the number of workers who join a firm and the firm's innovative activity. This...
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A Year of Pandemic: Levels, Changes and Validity of Well-Being Data from Twitter. Evidence from Ten Countries
Sarracino, Francesco; Greyling, Talita; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2021
National Happiness (GNH), a country-level index built applying sentiment analysis to data from Twitter. We aim to describe how … the data sourced from Twitter, we exploit various survey data sources, such as the Eurobarometer and consumer satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882479
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Trust Predicts Compliance with COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence from Ten Countries Using Big Data
Sarracino, Francesco; Greyling, Talita; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
measures of trust in others and national institutions by applying emotion analysis to Twitter data. We test the predictive role …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351710
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Between agora and shopping mall
Falkinger, Josef - 2008
Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalization are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269262