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644 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3017
Individual and Job-Based Determinants of Performance Appraisal: Evidence from Germany
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
published as "The Anatomy of Performance Appraisals in Germany" in: International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2009, 20 (10), 2049-2065
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3013
Legitimacy of Control
Wendelin Schnedler, Radovan Vadovic
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2011, 20 (4), 985-1009
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2978
Job Losses, Outsourcing and Relocation: Empirical Evidence Using Microdata
Manuel Artís, Raul Ramos, Jordi Surinach
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2932
Performance Pay, Training and Labor Mobility
Anne C. Gielen
revised version published as 'Profit Sharing for Increased Training Investments' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations. 2011, 49 (4), 643-665.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2927
Competition, Cooperation, and Corporate Culture
Michael Kosfeld, Ferdinand von Siemens
published in: RAND Journal of Economics, 2011, 42 (1), 23–43
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2917
The Impact of Teams on Output, Quality and Downtime: An Empirical Analysis Using Individual Panel Data
Derek C. Jones, Takao Kato
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 215-240
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2865
Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in the Netherlands 1999-2003
Lex Borghans, Ben Kriechel
published in: Edward Lazear and Katryn Shaw (eds.), The Structure of Wages: An International Comparisons, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2857
The Effect of Incentive Structure on Heuristic Decision Making: The Proportion Heuristic
Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Applied Social Psychology. 2009, 39 (1), 120 - 133
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2834
Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments: Evidence from Professional Tennis Players
M. Daniele Paserman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2819
The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lisa M. Lynch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2732
Endogenous Leadership: Selection and Influence
Emrah Arbak, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Voluntary leadership: motivation and influence' in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2013, 40 (3), 635-662.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2697
Performance Pay, Group Selection and Group Performance
Manfred Königstein, Gabriele K. Ruchala
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2696
Gift Exchange within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer
published as "Gift giving and worker productivity: Evidence from a firm-level experiment" in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, 67 (1), 233-244
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2572
Identity, Cooperation, and Punishment
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2500
Reciprocity and Payment Schemes: When Equality Is Unfair
Johannes Abeler, Steffen Altmann, Sebastian Kube, Matthias Wibral
substantially revised version appeared as DP No. 4262
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2447
Layoffs as Part of an Optimal Incentive Mix: Theory and Evidence
Anders Frederiksen, Elöd Takáts
published as 'Promotions, Dismissals and Employee Selection: Theory and Evidence' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2011, 27(1), 159-179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2426
Mergers of Equals and Unequals
Valerie Smeets, Kathryn Ierulli, Michael Gibbs
published as 'An Empirical Analysis of Post-Merger Organizational Integration' in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2016, 118 (3), 463-493
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2423
Relative Rewards within Team-Based Compensation
Bernd Irlenbusch, Gabriele K. Ruchala
published in: Labour Economics, 2008, 15 (2), 141-167
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2415
Population Aging and Continued Education
Regina T. Riphahn, Parvati Trübswetter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2413
Examining the Determinants of Agency Work: Do Family Friendly Practices Play a Role?
John S. Heywood, W. Stanley Siebert, Xiangdong Wei
published as 'Estimating the Use of Agency Workers: Can Family-Friendly Practices Reduce Their Use?' in: Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (3), 535 - 564
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2408
Globalization and the Provision of Incentives Inside the Firm: The Effect of Foreign Competition
Vicente Cuñat, Maria Guadalupe
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2009, 27 (2), 179-212
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2353
When Knowledge Is an Asset: Explaining the Organizational Structure of Large Law Firms
James B. Rebitzer, Lowell J. Taylor
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25(2), 201-229
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2351
Wage Dynamics and Promotions Inside and Between Firms
António Dias da Silva, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (4), 1513-1548
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2323
The Wage Effects of Social Norms: Evidence of Deviations from Peers’ Body-Mass in Europe
René Fahr
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2293
Trust as a Signal of a Social Norm and the Hidden Costs of Incentive Schemes
Dirk Sliwka
published in: American Economic Review, 2007, 97 (3), 999-1012
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2249
Resource Allocation and Firm Scope
Guido Friebel, Michael Raith
published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2010, 2 (2), 1-33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2227
Sorting, Incentives and Risk Preferences: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer
published in: Economics Letters, 2010, 108 (3), 345-348
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2207
Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism and the Earning Gap
Andrea Ichino, Enrico Moretti
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(1), 183-218
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2169
Effort and Comparison Income: Experimental and Survey Evidence
Andrew E. Clark, David Masclet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2010, 63 (3), 407-426.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2165
Why Do Worker-Firm Matches Dissolve?
Anne C. Gielen, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'Layoffs, quits and wage negotiations' in: Economics Letters, 2010, 109 (2), 108-111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2142
Who Pays for Performance?
Erling Barth, Bernt Bratsberg, Torbjørn Haegeland, Oddbjørn Raaum
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 20 (1), 8-29
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2124
Task Difficulty, Performance Measure Characteristics, and the Trade-Off between Insurance and Well-Allocated Effort
Wendelin Schnedler
published as "When is it foolish to reward for A while benefiting from B" in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (4), 595-619
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2062
Incentives for Managers and Inequality Among Workers: Evidence from a Firm Level Experiment
Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, Imran Rasul
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2007, 122 (2), 729-773
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2059
Doping and Cheating in Contest-Like Situations
Matthias Kräkel
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2007, 23 (4), 988-1006
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2054
Should You Allow Your Agent to Become Your Competitor? On Non-Compete Agreements in Employment Contracts
Matthias Kräkel, Dirk Sliwka
published in: International Economic Review, 2009, 50(1), 117-141
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2038
New Workplace Practices and the Gender Wage Gap: Can the New Economy be the Great Equalizer?
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Tor Eriksson
revised version published as 'HRM Practices and the Within-Firm Gender Wage Gap' in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2012, 50 (3), 554 - 580
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2012
Performance Pay and Risk Aversion
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
revised version published as "Evidence on Performance Pay and Risk Aversion" in: Economics Letters, 2010, 106 (1), 8-11
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2001
Performance Pay and Multi-dimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences and Gender
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk
published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 556-590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1994
Should Employment Authorities Worry About Mergers and Acquisitions?
David N. Margolis
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1983
Self-Selection and the Efficiency of Tournaments
Tor Eriksson, Sabrina Teyssier, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2009, 47(3), 530-548.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1944
Diagnosing Discrimination: Stock Returns and CEO Gender
Justin Wolfers
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2006, 4 (2-3), 531-541
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1914
CEO Turnover, Firm Performance and Enterprise Reform in China: Evidence from New Micro Data
Takao Kato, Cheryl Long
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 34 (4), 796 - 817
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1905
Do Professionals Choke Under Pressure?
Thomas Dohmen
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65, 636-653
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1879
Reference Dependent Preferences and the Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction: Theory and Evidence
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 2007, 163 (2), 313-335
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1862
Employers' Search and the Efficiency of Matching
Michele Pellizzari
published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 49(1), 25-53
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1844
Tournaments and Multiple Productive Inputs: The Case of Performance Enhancing Drugs
Kai A. Konrad
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1841
Tournaments, Individualized Contracts and Career Concerns
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
revised and extended version published as 'Aligning Ambition and Incentives' in: Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization , 2011, 27(1).
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1833
Male and Female Competitive Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Nabanita Datta Gupta, Anders Poulsen, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Gender Matching and Competitiveness: Experimental Evidence' in: Economic Inquiry, 2013, 51 (1), 816–835.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1816
Age Structure of the Workforce and Firm Performance
Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2008, 29(5), 410-422
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1783
Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Chaebols in Korea: Evidence from New Panel Data
Takao Kato, Woochan Kim, Ju Ho Lee
published in: Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2007, 15 (1), 36-55
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