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The role of salience in performance schemes: Evidence from a field experiment
Englmaier, Florian; Roider, Andreas; Sunde, Uwe - 2012
in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282221
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Mindfulness Training, Cognitive Performance and Stress Reduction
Charness, Gary; Le Bihan, Yves; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2023
Improving cognitive function and reducing stress may yield important benefits to individuals' health and to society. We conduct an experiment involving a three-month within-firm training program based on the principles of mindfulness and positive psychology at three large companies. We find an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469497
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The Role of Salience in Performance Schemes: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Englmaier, Florian; Roider, Andreas; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
in quantity and quality of output. We use data from a controlled field experiment that changed the communication of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279295
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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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Cognition and economic outcomes in the health and retirement survey
MacArdle, John J.; Smith, James P.; Willis, Robert - 2009
Dimensions of cognitive skills are potentially important but often neglected determinants of the central economic outcomes that shape overall well-being over the life course. There exists enormous variation among households in their rates of wealth accumulation, their holdings of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269015
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Economic conditions at the time of birth and cognitive abilities late in life: Evidence from eleven European countries
Doblhammer, Gabriele; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Fritze, … - 2011
changes in the early life economic environment on late life cognition. In European countries, about three to four economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280717
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Hard evidence on soft skills
Heckman, James J.; Kautz, Tim - 2012
This paper summarizes recent evidence on what achievement tests measure; how achievement tests relate to other measures of cognitive ability like IQ and grades; the important skills that achievement tests miss or mismeasure, and how much these skills matter in life. Achievement tests miss, or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282367
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The Subjective Inflation Expectations of Households and Firms: Measurement, Determinants, and Implications
Weber, Michael; D’Acunto, Francesco; Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2022
Households' and firms' subjective inflation expectations play a central role in macroeconomic and intertemporal microeconomic models. We discuss how subjective inflation expectations are measured, the patterns they display, their determinants, and how they shape households' and firms' economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351930
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The Impact of Insufficient Sleep on the Serial Reproduction of Information
Dickinson, David L.; Drummond, Sean P.A. - 2024
Story telling is part of life, and the retelling of stories is an important form of communication, cultural practice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533895
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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending: theory and empirical evidence
Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009
We focus on the role that the transmission of information between a multilateral (the IMF) and a country has for the optimal design of conditional reforms. Our model predicts that when agency problems are especially severe, and/or IMF information is valuable, a centralized control is indeed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269064