' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

We investigate the influence of two widespread compensation schemes, individual piece-rates and team incentives, on … pronounced under team incentives than under individual piece-rates, which highlights a so far fairly neglected feature of these …

importance of individual, team, and company performance for compensation, we find a significant positive relation between the … intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated …

this incentive mechanism is reinvigorated after a management change - but only when the team is sufficiently homogenous …. Indeed, we find substantial evidence that coach replacements enhance team performance (only) in homogenous teams. Moreover …

Folklore has it that the comparatively low proportion of self-employed in Germany is in part due to a habit that might …

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …