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Women and work : what role do social norms play?
Tolciu, Andreia; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2010
Against the background of the current economic research which concentrates particularly on individual and structural factors, this paper examines if and to what extent social norms (in terms of attitudes towards gender roles and work commitment) can make a complementary statement in explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003950587
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Women and work: what role do social norms play?
Tolciu, Andreia; Zierahn, Ulrich - 2010
Against the background of the current economic research which concentrates particularly on individual and structural factors, this paper examines if and to what extent social norms (in terms of attitudes towards gender roles and work commitment) can make a complementary statement in explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161242
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Firms’ Cost of Equity : How Does Culture Matter?
Matthiesen, Marie-Louise - 2017
The paper examines the relationship between CSR and cost of equity in an in-ternational context assessing the … moderating effect of culture on the relation between CSR and the cost of equity. We use an international sample of 42 countries …, and company-level data from 2002-2013, to address cross-country variations in the effects of CSR on cost of equity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971826
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Social Capital and Institutional Quality as Factors of Innovation : Evidence from Europe
Kaasa, Anneli - 2013
This paper investigates how different dimensions of social capital and institutional quality are related to innovation activity and its utilisation. For reasons of data availability, previous studies have included mainly patenting data. This study complements the previous studies by analysing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012711339
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The impact of social capital on crime : evidence from the Netherlands
Akçomak, I. Semih (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the relation between social capital and crime. The analysis contributes to explaining why crime is so heterogeneous across space. By employing current and historical data for Dutch municipalities and by providing novel indicators to measure social capital, we find a link...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003739947
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Gender, investment financing and credit constraints
Pelger, Ines - 2011 - 1. draft, December 2011
This paper provides the first evidence on gender differences in investment financing, credit application and credit denial rates in Germany. The empirical analysis is carried out on a sample of firms drawn from the KfW Mittelstandspanel, a representative survey of German SMEs for the period from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009411260
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The Impact of Public Research Contracts on Scientific Productivity
Alonso-Borrego, Cesar - 2016
-post scientific productivity of its recipients, relative to unsuccessful applicants with comparable curricula at the time of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013006591
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Diversity, social goods provision, and performance in the firm
Ellison, Sara; Greenbaum, Jeffrey; Mullin, Wallace P. - 2010
The last decade has seen a growing interest among economists on the effect of diversity on the provision of social goods and the stock of social capital. Indeed, in the workplace, cooperation, trust, and other social goods may be important elements of the smooth functioning of an office, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008696660
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People Skills and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups
Borghans, Lex - 2014
In this article, the authors show that people skills are important determinants of labor-market outcomes, including occupational choice and wages. Technological and organizational changes have increased the importance of people skills in the workplace. The authors particularly focus on how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055338
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People People : Social Capital and the Labor-Market Outcomes of Underrepresented Groups
Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas; Weinberg, Bruce A. - 2021
Despite indications that interpersonal interactions are important for understanding individual labor-market outcomes and have become more important over the last decades, there is little analysis by economists. This paper shows that interpersonal interactions are important determinants of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318704