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On the economic architecture of the workplace : repercussions of social comparisons amongst heterogeneous workers
Hyll, Walter; Stark, Oded - 2011
We analyze the impact on a firm's profits and optimal wage rates, and on the distribution of workers' earnings, when … workers compare their earnings with those of co-workers. We consider a low-productivity worker who receives lower wage … earnings than a high-productivity worker. When the low-productivity worker derives (dis)utility not only from his own effort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008990892
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The demand for gratitude as a restraint on the use of child labor : a hypothesis
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2022
parent's earnings and the incidence of child labor. The demand for gratitude arises from the desire of a parent to receive …) wage constant, the intensity of child labor decreases with the parent's earnings. However, when we make the child …'s (imputed) wage a function of the parent's earnings, then the outcome can be different. With the help of a numerical example, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820870
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The demand for gratitude as a restraint on the use of child labor : a hypothesis
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2021
parent's earnings and the incidence of child labor. The demand for gratitude arises from the desire of a parent to receive …) wage constant, the intensity of child labor decreases with the parent's earnings. However, when we make the child …'s (imputed) wage a function of the parent's earnings, then the outcome can be different. With the help of a numerical example, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796881
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The demand for gratitude as a restraint on the use of child labor : a hypothesis
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2022
parent’s earnings and the incidence of child labor. The demand for gratitude arises from the desire of a parent to receive …) wage constant, the intensity of child labor decreases with the parent’s earnings. However, when we make the child …’s (imputed) wage a function of the parent’s earnings, then the outcome can be different. With the help of a numerical example, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799297
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Gender differentiation in intergenerational care-giving and migration choices
Stark, Oded; Cukrowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2018
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger incentive than sons who are fathers to demonstrate to their children the appropriate way of caring for one's parents. The reason underlying this hypothesis is that women on average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011814121
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Gender differentiation in intergenerational care-giving and migration choices
Stark, Oded; Curkowska-Torzewska, Ewa - 2018
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger incentive than sons who are fathers to demonstrate to their children the appropriate way of caring for one's parents. The reason underlying this hypothesis is that women on average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790812
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International migration, human capital formation, and saving
Stark, Oded; Dorn, Agnieszka - 2013
In the model of Stark et al. (1997, 1998), the possibility of employment in a developed country raises the level of human capital acquired by workers in the developing country. We show that this result holds even when workers have the option to save. -- Human capital formation ; Savings ;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687810
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International migration, human capital formation, and saving
Stark, Oded; Agnieszka Dorn - 2013
In the model of Stark et al. (1997, 1998), the possibility of employment in a developed country raises the level of human capital acquired by workers in the developing country. We show that this result holds even when workers have the option to save. -- Human capital formation ; Savings ;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009700329
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Socially gainful gender quotas
Stark, Oded; Hyll, Walter - 2014
We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals' formation of human capital is influenced by the prospect of landing high-pay top positions, and that these positions are regulated by gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350520
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Socially gainful gender quotas
Stark, Oded; Hyll, Walter - 2014
We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals’ formation of human capital is influenced by the prospect of landing high-pay top positions, and that these positions are regulated by gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353585