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The Use of Informal Networks in Italian Labor Markets: Efficiency or Favoritisms?
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
behavior are widespread and in jobs paying a wage rent. We offer a stripped-down model of nepotism to explain theoretically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619372
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The Use of Informal Networks in Italy: Efficiency or Favoritism?
Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
, family ties may interfere with a genuine process of worker selection, favoring people with connections over more talented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005089336
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Private Sector Lessons for Public Sector Reform in Indonesia
McLeod, Ross H. - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2005
Development economists often analyse the performance of particular sectors of the economy, yet they have largely ignored that of one of the most important sectors, namely, the public sector, the performance of which is demonstrably poor. They are also continually giving recommendations to the...
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When higher prizes lead to lower efforts—The impact of favoritism in tournaments
Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 2, pp. 188-191
We investigate the relationship between tournament prices and effort choices in the presence of favoritism. High tournament prizes can decrease agents’ effort supply when the choice of the winner is not perfectly objective but affected to some extent by personal preferences of an evaluator.
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Managerial Incentives and Favoritism in Promotion Decisions: Theory and Field Evidence
Berger, Johannes; Herbertz, Claus; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper investigates the effects of managerial incentives on favoritism in promotion decisions. First, we … mitigated by pay-for-performance incentives for managers who decide upon promotion. Second, we analyze matched employer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854767
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The 2012 social balance sheet
Heuse, P. - In: Economic Review (2013) III, pp. 101-137
A new form introduced in 2012 for firms and associations filing full-format accounts paved the way for a new kind of analysis, such that a distinction could be made between the situations of women and men employed by these firms. A population of 8 862 firms formed the basis for assessing the...
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Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279340
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Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547957
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Occupational Sex Segregation and Management-Level Wages in Germany: What Role Does Firm Size Play?
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
The paper analyzes the gender pay gap in private-sector management positions based on German panel data and using fixed-effects models. It deals with the effect of occupational sex segregation on wages, and the extent to which wage penalties for managers in predominantly female occupations are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896172
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Whom to Choose as a Team Mate? A Lab Experiment about In-Group Favouritism
Hammermann, Andrea; Mohnen, Alwine; Nieken, Petra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The practical relevance of favouritism among students of the same study path is evident in lifelong memberships in … fraternities or sororities or in high donations to faculties. In our study, we focus on the in-group favouritism of students by … examining the trade-off of acting based on in-group favouritism or a performance signal when decisions are made about whom to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646320