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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
9393 Mona Larsen
Peder J. Pedersen
Labor Force Activity after 60: Recent Trends in the Scandinavian Countries with Germany as a Benchmark
In most OECD member countries labor force attachment has increased in recent years in the 60+ group. Focus in the paper is on the development in this area in Denmark, Norway and Sweden since the ...
(updated version published as 'Labour force activity after 65: what explain recent trends in Denmark, Germany and Sweden?' in: Journal for Labour Market Research, 2017, 50, 5–27 )
I15, I25, J14, J26
9391 Alexander Hijzen
Ryo Kambayashi
Hiroshi Teruyama
Yuji Genda
The Japanese Labour Market during the Global Financial Crisis and the Role of Non-Standard Work: A Micro Perspective
This paper analyses aggregate labour dynamics during the global financial crisis in Japan and the role of nonstandard work using micro data. The analysis proceeds in two steps. First, using ...
(published in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2015, 38, 260-281)
D22, E24, J23, J41
9390 Sarah Marchal
Ive Marx
Stemming the Tide: What Have EU Countries Done to Support Low-Wage Workers in an Era of Downward Wage Pressures?
Governments across the EU have been striving to get more people into work while at the same time acknowledging that more needs to be done to 'make work pay'. Yet this drive comes at a time when ...
(published in: Journal of European Social Policy, 2018, 28 (1), 18 - 33)
I38
9388 Eberhard Feess
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
Markus Schramm
Ansgar Wohlschlegel
The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence: Theory and Evidence from the Laboratory
We develop a theoretical model to identify and compare partial and equilibrium effects of uncertainty and the magnitude of fines on punishment and deterrence. Partial effects are effects on potential ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 149, 58-73)
K14, K42, C91, D64
9387 Constantinos Antoniou
Glenn Harrison
Morten Lau
Daniel Read
Information Characteristics and Errors in Expectations: Experimental Evidence
We design an experiment to test the hypothesis that, in violation of Bayes Rule, some people respond more forcefully to the strength of information than to its weight. We provide incentives to ...
(published in: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 2017, 52 (2), 737-750 )
D81, D84, G11
9386 Carlo dal Maso
Enrico Rettore
Lorenzo Rocco
Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy
A common observation is that individuals strive to neutralize the effect of procedural rules designed to drive choices away from their private optimum. An example of this phenomenon is offered by the ...
(published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), 213 - 232)
D71, M51, I2
9385 Christian Grund
Kirsten Thommes
Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation
The intention of "doing good for society" is regarded to be a crucial motivator for employees in the public sector in order for them to perform well. Recent research in the public sector literature ...
(revised version published as 'The Role of Contract Types for Employees' Public Service Motivation' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2017, 18, 377-398)
M55, J45, H83
9384 Lata Gangadharan
Nikos Nikiforakis
Marie Claire Villeval
Equality Concerns and the Limits of Self-Governance in Heterogeneous Populations
Mechanisms to overcome social dilemmas provide incentives to maximize efficiency. However, often – such as when agents are heterogeneous – there is a trade-off between efficiency and equality. ...
(revised version published as 'Equality concerns and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 100, 143-156)
C92, H41, D74
9383 Matthias Sutter
Silvia Angerer
Daniela Glätzle-Rützler
Philipp Lergetporer
The Effect of Language on Economic Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Children's Intertemporal Choices
According to Chen's (2013) linguistic-savings hypothesis, languages which grammatically separate the future and the present (like English or Italian) induce less future-oriented behavior than ...
(published as 'Language group differences in time preferences: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city' in: European Economic Review, 2018, 106, 21-34.)
C91, D03, D90
9382 Thomas Buser
Lydia Geijtenbeek
Erik Plug
Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?
It is an established fact that gay men earn less than other men and lesbian women earn more than other women. In this paper we study whether differences in competitive preferences, which have emerged ...
(published as 'Sexual Orientation, Competitiveness and Income' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 151, 191 - 198)
C90, J15, J16, J24, J31
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