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Social connections and incentives in the workplace: evidence from personnel data

Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - 2008

We present evidence on the effect of social connections between workers and managers on productivity in the workplace … workers managed. We find that when managers are paid fixed wages, they favor workers to whom they are socially connected …

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Unions and the Labor Market for Managers

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Hallock, Kevin F.; DiNardo, John - 2000

We examine the relationship between the employment and compensation of managers and CEOs and the presence of a … monitoring, which requires more managers. The model also assumes rent sharing between workers, managers and the owners of the … firm. Unions, by redistributing rents towards the workers, lead to lower employment and lower pay for managers. Using a …

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The gender pay gap in top corporate jobs in Denmark: Glass ceilings, sticky floors or both?

Smith, Nina; Smith, Valdemar; Verner, Mette - 2010

This paper analyses the gender gap in compensation for CEOs, Vice-Directors, and potential top executives in the 2000 largest Danish private companies based on a panel data set of employer-employees data covering the period 1996-2005. During the period, the overall gender gap in compensation for...

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Large employers are more cyclically sensitive

Moscarini, Giuseppe; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2009

We provide new evidence that large firms or establishments are more sensitive than small ones to business cycle conditions. Larger employers shed proportionally more jobs in recessions and create more of their new jobs late in expansions, both in gross and net terms. The differential growth rate...

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Is bigger still better? The decline of the wage premium at large firms

Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2009

This study shows that the wage premium paid by large firms fell over the past 20 years and that the decline in the size premium has been most pronounced among the least educated work force. Empirical evidence supports several explanations for the decline in the size premium. First, there has...

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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011

We document that trust in public institutions and particularly trust in banks, business and government has declined over recent years. U.S. time series evidence suggests that this partly reflects the pro-cyclical nature of trust in institutions. Cross-country comparisons reveal a clear legacy of...

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Promotions, demotions, halo effects and earnings dynamics of American executives

Belzil, Christian; Bognanno, Michael - 2005

This paper explores the dynamics of wage growth in corporate hierarchies. Using panel data techniques, we estimate the causal effect of current and past transitions in reporting level and past earnings growth on components of current earnings and earnings growth using a large panel of US...

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Product markets and paychecks: deregulation's effect on the compensation structure in banking

Wozniak, Abigail - 2006

, between-establishment inequality increased dramatically. Deregulation also led to increases in inequality among managers …

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The flexibility of the workweek in the United States: evidence from the FIFA World Cup

Lozano, Fernando Antonio - 2009

In this paper I explore the flexibility of the work week in the United States, using the FIFA Soccer World Cup as a natural experiment. My empirical strategy exploits the exogenous variation that arises due to which country hosts the World Cup, as this will determine the time games are broadcast...

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Race, Performance, Pay and Retention among National Basketball Association Head Coaches

Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2004

This paper estimates racial differences in the retention probability, pay and performance of NBA coaches over the 1996-2003 period. Using a hazard function approach, I find small and statistically insignificant racial differences in the exit hazard, conditional on team performance, team payroll,...

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