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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL
Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as a function of the demographic conditions into which they were born. We have three main findings. First, larger birth cohorts substantially affect careers. A player born into a...
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Why Are Migrants Paid More?
Bryson, Alex; Rossi, Giambattista; Simmons, Rob - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single … only partially accounted for by individual labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535361
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The Long View: Labour Productivity, Labour Income and Living Standards in Canada
Fisher, Tony; Hostland, Doug - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Tony Fisher and Doug Hostland provide an historical perspective on trends in labour productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481819
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Mutual gains? : is there a role for employee engagement in the modern workplace?
Bryson, Alex - 2017
I examine the history of employee engagement and how it has been characterised by thinkers in sociology, psychology, management and economics. I suggest that, while employers may choose to invest in employee engagement, there are alternative management strategies that may be profit-maximising. I...
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The UK's productivity puzzle
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2015
unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity … intensification but employers appeared incapable of turning this effort into improved workplace level productivity. Widespread pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281607
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Selective Schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple … distribution of abilities in the population and on the marginal contribution of each ability type to individual productivity. It is …
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Are the More Educated Receiving More Training? Evidence from Thailand
Ariga, Kenn; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant and negative relationship between educational...
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Is Training More Frequent When the Wage Premium Is Smaller? Evidence from the European Community Household Panel
Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio - Centre d'Études des Politiques Économiques (EPEE), … - 2005
, if the increase in productivity after training is greater than the increase in pay. …
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Is Training More Frequent When Wage Compression is Higher? Evidence from the European Community Household Panel
Bassanini, Andrea; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
is compressed, that is, if the increase of productivity after training is greater than the increase in pay. We propose a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748383
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Biomarkers and Long-term Labour Market Outcomes: The Case of Creatine
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
muscles. Our findings are consistent with high energy levels, induced by creatine, leading to productivity-enhancing traits …
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