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Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils
Jirjahn, Uwe; Smith, Stephen C. - 2017
externalities on labor and society are synthesized. Mandated works councils in Germany provide a particularly strong form of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786916
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Organizational Barriers to Technology Adoption: Evidence from Soccer-Ball Producers in Pakistan
Atkin, David; Chaudhry, Azam; Chaudry, Shamyla; … - 2015
This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307431
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Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning
Benabou, Roland; Falk, Armin; Tirole, Jean - 2018
By downplaying externalities, magnifying the cost of moral behavior, or suggesting not being pivotal, exculpatory narratives can allow individuals to maintain a positive image when in fact acting in a morally questionable way. Conversely, responsibilizing narratives can help sustain better...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931630
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The impact of group membership on cooperation and norm enforcement: evidence using random assignment to real social groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan - 2006
-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also … constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate whether this social aspect of organizations has an important benefit … willingness to enforce a norm of cooperation towards fellow platoon members. This suggests that the social aspect of organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267455
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Field experiments with firms
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - 2011
We discuss how the use of field experiments sheds light on long standing research questions relating to firm behavior. We present insights from two classes of experiments: within and across firms, and draw common lessons from both sets. Field experiments within firms generally aim to shed light...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278695
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The Survival of Unique Corporate Cultures
Epstein, Gil S.; Lindner Pomerantz, Renana - 2016
In this paper we identify two situations that can lead a firm to hire an executive who supports a corporate culture that differs from the firm's current culture. In the first case, there is similarity between the firm's culture and that of the candidate and in the second case, executives who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479391
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Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
Firms may be reluctant to provide general training if workers can quit and use their gained skills elsewhere. "Training contracts" that impose a penalty for premature quitting can help alleviate this inefficiency. Using plausibly exogenous contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744547
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The Impact of Group Membership on Cooperation and Norm Enforcement: Evidence using Random Assignment to Real Social Groups
Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David; Meier, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
-selfish actions, e.g., cooperate when there is no incentive to do so, or punish inefficient actions by others. Organizations also … constitute a social boundary, or group. We investigate whether this social aspect of organizations has an important benefit … willingness to enforce a norm of cooperation towards fellow platoon members. This suggests that the social aspect of organizations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763566
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Field Experiments with Firms
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We discuss how the use of field experiments sheds light on long standing research questions relating to firm behavior. We present insights from two classes of experiments: within and across firms, and draw common lessons from both sets. Field experiments within firms generally aim to shed light...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024598
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The Gender Disclosure Gap: Salary History Bans Unravel When Men Volunteer Their Income
Cowgill, Bo; Agan, Amanda; Gee, Laura Katherine - 2024
This study investigates whether the success of salary history bans could be limited by job-seekers volunteering their salaries unprompted. We survey American workers in 2019 and 2021 about their recent job searches, distinguishing when candidates were asked about salary history from when they...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045401