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Pure Rank Preferences and Variation in Risk-Taking Behavior

Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor; Jakubek, Marcin - 2019

Assuming that an individual's rank in the wealth distribution is the only factor determining the individual's wellbeing, we analyze the individual's risk preferences in relation to gaining or losing rank, rather than the individual’s risk preferences towards gaining or losing absolute wealth....

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Owners, External Managers, and Industrial Relations in German Establishments

Kölling, Arnd; Schnabel, Claus - 2019

Using data from the representative IAB Establishment Panel in Germany and estimating a panel probit model with fixed effects, this paper finds a negative relationship between the existence of owner-management in an establishment and the probabilities of having a works council or a collective...

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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledgeintensive activities and depends positively on intellectual property, a social planner which cares about income distribution may in principle want to use a reduction in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)...

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Are Intellectual Property Rights Unfair?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

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Cognitive Performance in the Home Office - Evidence from Professional Chess

Künn, Steffen; Seel, Christian; Zegners, Dainis - 2020

when competing online compared to competing offline. Our results suggest that teleworking might have adverse effects on …

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So, Dear Applicant, Do You Mean Working from Home or Shirking from Home?

Moens, Eline; Verhofstadt, Elsy; Van Ootegem, Luc; … - 2023

Many applicants want a job with the possibility of telework. However, the literature is unclear on whether being … investigate how expressing a desire for telework, for work-life balance and for productivity in particular, impacts the … than if the motivation is productivity. Compared to applicants who do not mention a preference for telework, recruiters are …

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Financial Distress and the Role of Management in Micro and Small-Sized Firms

Alexandre, Fernando; Cruz, Sara; Portela, Miguel - 2020

In this paper, we focus on managerial characteristics of micro and small-sized firms. Using linked employer-employee data on the Portuguese economy for the 2010-2018 period, we estimate the impact of management teams' human capital on the probability of firms becoming financially distressed and...

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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - 2013

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) - technology produced by workers but not embodied in them - can offset the middle income trap as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises - more so in domestically owned than in...

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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China

Fleisher, Belton M.; McGuire, William H.; Smith, Adam … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises – more so in domestically owned...

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Fiscal Policy and Educational Attainment in the United States : A Generational Accounting Perspective

Chojnicki, Xavier; Docquier, Frédéric - 2004

In this paper, we investigate the consequences of the rise in educational attainment on the US generational accounts. We build on the 1995 accounts of Gokhale et al. (1999) and disaggregate them per schooling level. We show that low skill newborns are characterized by a negative generational...

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