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Benchmarking regions: Estimating the counterfactual distribution of labor market outcomes
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Furdas, Marina - 2012
This paper develops and implements a new benchmarking approach for labor market regions. Based on panel data for regions, we use nonparametric matching techniques to account for observed labor market characteristics and for spatial proximity. As the benchmark, we estimate the counterfactual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282286
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Individual and job based determinants of performance appraisal: evidence from Germany
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2007
We investigate the use of performance appraisal (PA) in German Firms. First, we derive hypotheses on individual and job based determinants of PA usage. Based on a representative German data set on individual employees, we test these hypotheses and also explore the impact of PA on performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268487
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Subjective performance evaluation and inequality aversion
Grund, Christian; Przemeck, Judith - 2008
Many firms use subjective performance appraisal systems due to lack of objective performance measures. In these cases, supervisors usually have to rate the performance of their subordinates. Using such systems, it is a well established fact that many supervisors tend to assess the employees too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268730
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Subjective Performance Evaluation and Inequality Aversion
Grund, Christian; Przemeck, Judith - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Many firms use subjective performance appraisal systems due to lack of objective performance measures. In these cases, supervisors usually have to rate the performance of their subordinates. Using such systems, it is a well established fact that many supervisors tend to assess the employees too...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761878
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Individual and Job-Based Determinants of Performance Appraisal: Evidence from Germany
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We investigate the use of performance appraisal (PA) in German Firms. First, we derive hypotheses on individual and job based determinants of PA usage. Based on a representative German data set on individual employees, we test these hypotheses and also explore the impact of PA on performance pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761915
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Curbing cream-skimming: evidence on enrolment incentives
Courty, Pascal; Kim, Do Han; Marschke, Gerald - 2008
.g. education, health, job training)? In the context of a large government job training program, we investigate whether the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268996
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Trade Labor, Market Rigidities, and Government-Financed Technological Change
Koeniger, Winfried - 2001
of labor market institutions and government intervention. In particular, technology change is induced by rigid wage … commodity prices, openness induces the government to subsidize technological innovation in the developed country because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262449
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Size matters: Entrepreneurial entry and government
Aidis, Ruta; Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2010
entrepreneur. We focus on the size of the government, on freedom from corruption, and on 'market freedom' defined as a cluster of …. Our results indicate that entrepreneurial entry is inversely related to the size of the government, and more weakly to the … removed from the sample but unlike the size of government, the results on corruption are not confirmed by country-level fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272659
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Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists
Gallet, Craig Arthur; List, John A.; Orazem, Peter F. - 2004
Using a unique sample of new Ph.D. economists in 1987 and 1997, we examine how job seekers and their employers alter their search strategies in strong versus weak markets. The 1987 academic market was strong while the 1997 market was much weaker. A multimarket theory of optimal search suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274021
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Which institutions encourage entrepreneurs to create larger firms?
Estrin, Saul; Korosteleva, Julia; Mickiewicz, Tomasz - 2011
We develop entrepreneurship and institutional theory to explain variation in different types of entrepreneurship across individuals and institutional contexts. Our framework generates hypotheses about the negative impact of higher levels of corruption, weaker property rights and especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274639