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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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2017
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Wolfgang
Franz
Friedhelm
Pfeiffer
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Reasons for Wage Rigidity in Germany
This study investigates institutional and economic reasons for downward wage rigidity regarding three occupational skill groups. Based on a survey of 801 firms in Germany and an econometric analysis, ...
(published in: Labour, 2006, 20 (2), 255-284)
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J41, J51, K31
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2016
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David
G.
Blanchflower
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A Cross-Country Study of Union Membership
This paper examines changes in unionization that have occurred over the last decade or so using individual level micro data on twenty seven of the thirty OECD countries, with particular emphasis on ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, 45 (1), 1-28)
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J3
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2015
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Eric
J.
Johnson
Simon
Gächter
Andreas
Herrmann
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Exploring the Nature of Loss Aversion
Loss aversion, the fact that losses have a greater impact than gains, is a fundamental property of behavioral accounts of choice. In this paper, we suggest four possible characterizations of the ...
(revised version published as 'Moderating loss aversion: loss aversion has moderators, but reports of its death are greatly exaggerated' in: Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2020, 30 (3), 407-428)
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C90, M31, D11
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2014
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Nabanita
Datta Gupta
Nina
Smith
Mette
Verner
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Child Care and Parental Leave in the Nordic Countries: A Model to Aspire to?
The Nordic countries have remarkably high participation rates of mothers and a moderate decrease of fertility rates compared to other western countries. This has been attributed to the fact that the ...
(published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2008, 6 (1), 65-89)
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J1, J2, D1
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2013
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Stephen
V.
Burks
Jeffrey
P.
Carpenter
Lorenz
Götte
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Performance Pay and the Erosion of Worker Cooperation: Field Experimental Evidence
We report the results of a field experiment with bicycle messengers in Switzerland and the United States. Messenger work is individualized enough that firms can choose to condition pay on it, but ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 70 (3), 458-469)
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C72, C78, C93, D23, J33, J54, Z13
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2012
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Christian
Grund
Dirk
Sliwka
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Performance Pay and Risk Aversion
A main prediction of agency theory is the well known risk-incentive trade-off. Incentive contracts should be found in environments with little uncertainty and for agents with low degrees of risk ...
(revised version published as "Evidence on Performance Pay and Risk Aversion" in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (1), 8-11)
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J33, M52, D80
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2011
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Urs
Fischbacher
Simon
Gächter
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Heterogeneous Social Preferences and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Goods
We provide a direct test of the role of social preferences in voluntary cooperation. We elicit individuals' cooperation preference in one experiment and make a point prediction about the contribution ...
(substantially revised and split up versions published as: (1) 'Social Preferences, Beliefs, and the Dynamics of Free Riding in Public Goods' in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (1), 541-556; and (2) 'The Behavioral Validity of the Strategy Method in Public Goods Experiments', Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (4), 897-913 )
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C91, C72, H41, D64
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2010
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Axel
Heitmueller
Pierre-Carl
Michaud
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Informal Care and Employment in England: Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey
More than 40% of the respondents in the British Household Panel Survey provide informal care at least for one year within the period 1991-2003 and carers are usually less likely to hold ...
(published as "A dynamic analysis of informal care and employment in England" (with Zafar Nazarov) in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (3), 455-465)
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I0, J2, C3
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2009
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Denis
Fougère
Francis
Kramarz
Julien
Pouget
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Youth Unemployment and Crime in France
In this paper we examine the influence of unemployment on property crimes and on violent crimes in France for the period 1990 to 2000. This analysis is the first extensive study for this country. We ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2009, 7(5), 909-938)
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J19, K42, J64, J65
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2008
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Sumon
K.
Bhaumik
Manisha
Chakrabarty
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Earnings Inequality in India: Has the Rise of Caste and Religion Based Politics in India Had an Impact?
Since 1989, there has been a sharp increase in the role of caste and religion in determining political fortunes at both state and federal levels in India. As a consequence, significant inter-caste ...
(published in: A. Shariff and R. Besant (eds.), Handbook of Muslims in India, Oxford University Press, 2010, New Delhi)
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O15, O17
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12989Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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