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New Evidence on Gender Difference in Promotion Rates : An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires
Blau, Francine D. - 2006
Using a large sample of establishments drawn from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MCSUI) employer survey, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466344
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Supervisors and Performance Management Systems
Frederiksen, Anders - 2017
Supervisors occupy central roles in production and performance monitoring. We study how heterogeneity in performance evaluations across supervisors affects employee and supervisor careers and firm outcomes using data on the performance system of a Scandinavian service sector firm. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455330
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What Do Performance Appraisals Do?
Cappelli, Peter - 2016
This paper investigates employee performance appraisals using data from a single US firm between 2001 and 2007. We find that performance appraisals are both informative and drive important components of the employment contract. We find that employee appraisal scores vary considerably both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456279
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On the equivalence of common approaches to cross sectional weights in household panel surveys
Schonlau, Matthias; Kroh, Martin - 2010
estimating unobserved sampling probabilities based on person-level characteristics. We survey how several well-known national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826433
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Household survey panels : how much do following rules affect sample size?
Schonlau, Matthias; Watson, Nicole; Kroh, Martin - 2010
finding household members who moved out years earlier is very difficult. We find that household survey panels implement a wide …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008826909
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SOEP Innovation Sample (SOEP-IS) : description, structure and documentation
Richter, David; Schupp, Jürgen - 2012
sample. Starting with the 2013 survey, the SOEP will determine the contents of SOEP IS through a competitive refereed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009578801
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Re-engaging with survey non-respondents : the BHPS, SOEP and HILDA survey experience
Watson, Nicole; Wooden, Mark - 2011
on why it is that respondents at one survey wave choose not to participate at future waves. This is very understandable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154507
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Longitudinal wealth data and multiple imputation : an evaluation study
Westermeier, Christian; Grabka, Markus M. - 2015
Statistical Analysis in surveys is generally facing missing data. In longitudinal studies for some missing values there might be past or future data points available. The question arises how to successfully transform this advantage into improvedimputation strategies. In a simulation study the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342931
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Validating an ultra-short survey measure of patience
Vischer, Thomas; Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David - 2012
This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative … sample of the German adult population. -- Time preferences ; discounting ; validation of survey measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659849
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Dissatisfied with life or with being interviewed? : happiness and motivation to participate in a survey
Chadi, Adrian - 2014
empirical research on subjective well-being, which is whether the unhappy tend to avoid survey participation or whether the …
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