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tournament in VR, we are able to mitigate the reflection problem, which usually undermines research on dynamic interaction … output. We observe that the subjects' performance is highest in a homogeneous tournament, i.e., when they compete against an … peer effects rather than by tournament incentives. We extensively track the behavior of subjects and the particular …

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Interdependency in Performance

Haraguchi, Kelii H. - 2007

We empirically model performance in the final round of a multiple-round tournament as a spatially autoregressive …

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Reviewing Theories of Labor Economics and Applications in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Sudan

Mohamed, Issam A.W - 2011

Labor wages, employment rates, strategies and policies are completely ignored if not totally missing in Sub Saharan Africa. That represents a potential reason for poverty and popular discontent and expressed by rebellions, revolts and civil uprisings in many countries as we have seen in the past...

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Global Recession to Global Recovery : Enhancing Enterprise Competitiveness Through Human Capital and Operations Management

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Global Recession to Global Recovery: It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some...

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Reward or Punishment? The Distribution of Life-Cycle Returns to Political Office

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How political office is remunerated will affect who decides to engage in politics. Even if average returns to office are positive, as unilaterally found in the literature, some office holders' returns are likely zero or negative. The timing of returns to office are crucial too, as politicians...

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'Atypical Work' and Compensation

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Atypical work, or alternative work arrangements in U.S. parlance, has long been criticized for providing poorly-compensated employment. Although one group of atypical workers (contractors) seems to enjoy a wage premium, our cross-section results from the CPS and NLSY for the better-known...

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