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Moneycracy
Fedele, Alessandro; Giannoccolo, Pierpaolo - 2013
How do wage and other financial benefits affect the set of candidates for political office? In this theoretical paper, we answer the question by studying self-selection into politics of individuals with heterogeneous skills and heterogeneous motivations. Our predictions are in line with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730987
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The influence of personality traits on private retirement savings in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2016
This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced by personality traits. With the 2002 to 2009 cross section of the Socio-Economic Panel for Germany (SOEP), it is investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538182
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The influence of personality traits on private retirement savings in Germany
Schäfer, Konrad C. - 2016 - This version: August 2016
This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced by personality traits. With the 2002 to 2009 cross section of the Socio-Economic Panel for Germany (SOEP), it is investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527294
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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in … the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their … performance pay jobs as an adjustment mechanism and that performance pay moderates their wages. Using German Socio-Economic Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014342988
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Overeducation, performance pay and wages : evidence from Germany
Baktash, Mehrzad B. - 2023
Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in … the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their … performance pay jobs as an adjustment mechanism and that performance pay moderates their wages. Using German Socio-Economic Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014368278
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Preferences, selection, and the structure of teacher pay
Johnston, Andrew - 2021
I conduct a discrete-choice experiment with responses linked to administrative teacher and student records to examine teacher preferences for compensation structure and working conditions. I calculate willingness-to-pay for a rich set of work attributes. High-performing teachers have similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698058
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Teacher preferences, working conditions, and compensation structure
Johnston, Andrew - 2020
Improving schools depends on attracting high-caliber teachers and increasing retention, both made possible by appealing to teacher preferences. I deploy a discrete-choice experiment in a setting where teachers have reason to reveal their preferences. There are three main findings: (1) I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012201018
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Skill-Based Pay : Antecedents and Outcomes
St-Onge, Sylvie - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139238
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128093
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Task-Biased Changes of Employment and Remuneration : The Case of Occupations
Kampelmann, Stephan - 2011
Different empirical studies suggest that the structure of employment in the U.S. and Great Britain tends to polarise into "good" and "bad" jobs. We provide updated evidence that polarisation also occurred in Germany since the mid-1980s until 2008. Using representative panel data, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130457