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Who Benefits from Benefits? Empirical Research on Tangible Incentives
Hammermann, Andrea; Mohnen, Alwine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
benefits) have so far been neglected by economic research. A remarkable exception is an empirical study by Oyer (2008). In our … analyze the occurrence of benefits and their effects on employees' satisfaction. Our results provide evidence for economic as … reasons to provide benefits. Furthermore, analyzing the impact of tangible and monetary incentives on satisfaction and …
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Severance Payments for Dismissed Employees Severance Payments for Dismissed Employees in Germany
Grund, Christian - University of Bonn, Germany - 2004
This contribution investigates severance payments for dismissed employees in Germany. Particularly, it responds to the following questions: Who receives severance payments? By which characteristics is the level of severance payments determined? Is overcompensation to be considered a relevant...
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Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - CESifo - 2014
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...
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Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2013
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non- profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form of a donation received by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010904903
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Do Social Incentives Matter? Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - In: Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3 (2013) January
Money matters, but is that all? This column presents evidence that social incentives can boost productivity in sectors that rely on pro-social behaviour such as health, education, and social care. It argues that this may help explain the growing popularity of Corporate Social Responsibility...
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Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - Associazione Italiana per la Cultura della Cooperazione … - 2012
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives to financial incentives using an online real effort...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010991149
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Executive compensation structure and credit spreads
Colonnello, Stefano; Curatola, Giuliano; Hoang, Ngoc Giang - Research Center SAFE (Sustainable Architecture for … - 2014
We develop a model of managerial compensation structure and asset risk choice. The model provides predictions about how inside debt features affect the relation between credit spreads and compensation components. First, inside debt reduces credit spreads only if it is unsecured. Second, inside...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010955159
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Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment
Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Social Responsibility activities. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives to financial incentives using an online real effort...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959558
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Retiree Health Benefits and Retirement
Marton, James; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2006
health benefits and the relationship between retiree health benefits and retirement behavior, which is important for the … between 1992 and 1996, 24 percent of full-time workers who had retiree health benefits lost their coverage, while 15 percent … health benefits in 1992 and had retired by 1996, 3 percent were uninsured, and 15 percent were covered by health insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005101982
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Non-wage benefits, costs of turnover, and labor attachment: evidence from Russian firms
Juurikkala, Tuuli; Lazareva, Olga - Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New … - 2006
Just as in established market economies, many Russian firms provide non-wage benefits such as housing, medical care or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005086566