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Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health : Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India

Singh, Prakarsh - 2016

incentives are renewed but fade when they are discontinued. Fixed bonuses lead to smaller effects. Both treatments appear to …

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Social Incentives in the Workplace

Bandiera, Oriana - 2011

We present evidence on social incentives in the workplace, namely on whether workers' behavior is affected by the … are paid piece rates based on individual productivity, social incentives can be quantified in monetary terms and are such … productivity by 10%. The distribution of worker ability is such that the net effect of social incentives on the firm's aggregate …

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Further Training and Affective Commitment

Grund, Christian - 2018

We investigate the relation of further training and employees' affective commitment. In doing so, we distinguish between a support effect and a participation effect: On the one hand we analyze how a firm's general support for further training is associated with the affective commitment of their...

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The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance

Forth, John - 2018

We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...

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What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?

Bryson, Alex - 2016

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...

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Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration

Budd, John W. - 2014

This paper empirically examines the widespread belief that voluntarily negotiated agreements produce better long-run relationships than third-party imposed settlements, such as arbitrator decisions or court judgments. Two key outcomes are analyzed – subsequent player performance and the...

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On the Determinants of Pay of CEOs in UK Public Sector Higher Education Institutions

Bachan, Ray - 2021

The pay determining process of CEOs of UK higher education institutions is modelled using three econometric methodologies applied to a large and unique dataset for the academic years 1997/98 through to 2005/06. A gender differential in pay is detected and this differential remains robust across...

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Trust and Control at the Workplace : Evidence from Representative Samples of Employees in Europe

Grund, Christian - 2009

Based on two representative samples of employees, the German Socio Economic Panel and the European Social Survey, we explore the relation between certain measures of control in employment relationships (i.e. working time regulations, use of performance appraisal systems, monitoring by...

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Performance Appraisal : Dimensions and Determinants

Bayo Moriones, José Alberto - 2011

The determinants of the dimensions that shape a formal system of performance appraisal are studied in relation to a sample of Spanish manufacturing establishments. In particular, the factors that influence the measures used to evaluate performance, the person who carries out such appraisal and...

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Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance

Flabbi, Luca - 2014

We analyze a matched employer-employee panel data set and find that female leadership has a positive effect on female wages at the top of the distribution, and a negative one at the bottom. Moreover, performance in firms with female leadership increases with the share of female workers. This...

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