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Incentives and Careers in Organizations
Gibbons, Robert S. - 2021
the discussion of incentives, I first summarize theory and evidence related to the classic agency model, which emphasizes … economics); I identify ten basic questions that merit more systematic investigation. Turning to theory, I describe building …
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Mentoring and Diversity
Athey, Susan; Avery, Christopher; Zemsky, Peter B. - 2021
initial ability as well as in their type,' where type could refer to gender or cultural background. Employees augment their …
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Taxation and On-the-Job Training Decisions
Rosen, Harvey S. - 2022
This paper is an econometric analysis of the on-the-job training (OJT) decisions of a group of white American males during 1975. The data are obtained from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, which asked a very careful series of questions concerning the individual's OJT status. Each individual's...
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How Family Status and Social Security Claiming Options Shape Optimal Life Cycle Portfolios
Hubener, Andreas - 2013
Household decisions are profoundly shaped by a complex set of financial options due to Social Security rules determining retirement, spousal, and survivor benefits, along with benefit adjustments that vary with the age at which these are claimed. These rules influence optimal household asset...
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The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor
Falcao, Bruno - 2010
This paper presents a theory where increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender wage …. It generates changes in fertility, labor market attachment, and the gender wage-gap as part of a single process of social …
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Home Production, Market Production and the Gender Wage Gap : Incentives and Expectations
Albanesi, Stefania - 2009
The purpose of this paper is to study the joint determination of gender differentials in labor market outcomes and in … amplify differences in earnings due to gender differentials in home hours. In turn, earnings differentials reinforce the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767337
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Stereotypes
Bordalo, Pedro - 2014
's most distinctive trait. Applied to gender stereotypes, the model provides a unified account of disparate evidence regarding … the gender gap in education and in labor markets …
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Peer Effects in the Classroom : Learning from Gender and Race Variation
Hoxby, Caroline M. - 2021
idiosyncratic, such as changes in the gender and racial composition of a grade in a school in adjacent years. I use specification …
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The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth
Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. - 2021
This paper examines a novel mechanism linking fertility and growth. Household fertility is determined by relative wages of women and men. Increasing women's wages reduces fertility by raising the cost of children relatively more than household income. Lower fertility raises the level of capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013232734
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Social Security as a Financial Asset : Gender-Specific Risks and Returns
Baxter, Marianne - 2021
individuals who differ according to gender; education; race; and age. The main finding is that there are important differences …
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