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contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning … contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD would not be distortionary or redistributive. If contracting frictions …
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The paper analyzes how the choice of organizational structure leads to the best compromise between controlling behavior based on authority rights and minimizing costs for implementing high efforts. Concentrated delegation and hierarchical delegation turn out to be never an optimal compromise. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293168
This paper analyzes the impact of labor market competition and skill-biased technical change on the structure of compensation. The model combines multitasking and screening, embedded into a Hotelling-like framework. Competition for the most talented workers leads to an escalating reliance on...
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contracts are prematurely terminated. In the absence of contracting frictions that prevent contractors from redesigning … contracts to accommodate exogenous policy changes, PPLD would not be distortionary or redistributive. If contracting frictions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005103260
The paper analyzes how the choice of organizational structure leads to the best compromise between controlling behavior based on authority rights and minimizing costs for implementing high efforts. Concentrated delegation and hierarchical delegation turn out to be never an optimal compromise. If...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010632999
This paper analyzes the impact of labor market competition and skill-biased technical change on the structure of compensation. The model combines multitasking and screening, embedded into a Hotelling-like framework. Competition for the most talented workers leads to an escalating reliance on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010635587
Previous evidence indicates trust is an important correlate of compliance with COVID-19 containment policies. However …, this conclusion hinges on two crucial assumptions: first, that compliance does not change over time, and second, that … mobility or self-reported measures are good proxies for compliance. This study is the first to use a time-varying measure of …
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Using Current Population Survey data, we assess whether and to what extent the burden of "wage theft" - wage payments below the statutory minimum wage - falls disproportionately on various demographic groups following minimum wage increases. For most racial and ethnic groups at most ages we find...
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? To answer this question we are confronted from the data with a prevalent non-compliance and exemptions from the minimum …) minimum wages, with potentially imperfect compliance or exemptions; and, (iii) exogenous wage growth on-the-job. We use panel …, in particular, the extent of non-compliance/exemptions to the minimum wage. The model is solved numerically and we use …
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by country, but also by the variations in compliance. We find that higher Kaitz indices are associated with higher levels … of non-compliance. The release of country-level earnings and employment data at regular intervals lies at the heart of a …
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