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IZA Discussion Paper No. 1769

Competition and Well-Being

Jordi Brandts, Arno Riedl, Frans van Winden

published as "Competitive Rivalry, Social Disposition, and Subjective Well-Being: An Experiment" in: Journal of Public Economics, 2009, 93 (11-12), 1158-1167

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1767

Executive Compensation, Firm Performance, and Corporate Governance in China: Evidence from Firms Listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges

Takao Kato, Cheryl Long

published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2006, 54 (4), 945-983

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1697

Do Social Preferences Increase Productivity? Field Experimental Evidence from Fishermen in Toyama Bay

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Erika Seki

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1691

Competitive Work Environments and Social Preferences: Field Experimental Evidence from a Japanese Fishing Community

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Erika Seki

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006, 5 (2), Article 2

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1669

Division of Labour and Directed Production

Marisa Ratto, Wendelin Schnedler

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy , 2008, 8 (1), Article 27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1644

Do Financial Bonuses to Employees Reduce Their Absenteeism? Outcome of a Lottery

Wolter Hassink, Pierre Koning

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2009, 62 (3), 327 - 342

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1630

Promotions, Demotions, Halo Effects and Earnings Dynamics of American Executives

Christian Belzil, Michael L. Bognanno

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2008, 26 (2), 287-310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1620

The Determinants of Firm Performance: Unions, Works Councils, and Employee Involvement/High Performance Work Practices

John T. Addison

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 52 (3), 406-450

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1595

Social Pressure Influences Decisions of Individuals: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees

Thomas Dohmen

revised version published as 'The Influence of Social Forces: Evidence from the Behavior of Football Referees' in: Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46(3), 411-424

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1529

Why Are Jobs Designed the Way They Are?

Cindy Zoghi, Alec R. Levenson, Michael Gibbs

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 107-154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1438

The (Unexpected) Structure of "Rents" on the French and British Labour Markets

Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik

published in: Journal of Socio-Economics, 2006, 35 (2), 180-196

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1417

Do Co-Workers’ Wages Matter? Theory and Evidence on Wage Secrecy, Wage Compression and Effort

Gary Charness, Peter J. Kuhn

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2007, 25 (4), 693-723

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1402

The Dispersion of Employees’ Wage Increases and Firm Performance

Christian Grund, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (4), 485-501

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1387

Sex Differences in Managerial Style: From Individual Leadership to Organisational Labour Relationships

Eduardo Melero Martín

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1378

The Use of Alternative Work Arrangements by the Jobless: Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS

John T. Addison, Christopher J. Surfield

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2006, 27(2), 149-162

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1377

Evidence on Training and Career Paths: Human Capital, Information and Incentives

Eduardo Melero Martín

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1356

Performance Measure Properties and Incentives

Michael Gibbs, Kenneth A. Merchant, Wim A. Van der Stede, Mark A. Vargus

published in: Industrial Relations, 2009, 48(2), 237-264

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1345

Prize and Risk-Taking Strategy in Tournaments: Evidence from Professional Poker Players

Jungmin Lee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1334

How Outsourcing Affects Bilateral Political Relations

Solomon Polachek

published in: Indian Journal of Economics and Business, 2004, 3 (special issue), 29-42.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1321

Is Seniority-Based Pay Used as a Motivation Device? Evidence from Plant Level Data

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Maia Güell

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30, 155-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1270

Emotions and Incentives

Matthias Kräkel

published as 'Emotions in tournaments' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (1), 204 - 214

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1257

Outlier Aversion in Evaluating Performance: Evidence from Figure Skating

Jungmin Lee

published as 'Outlier Aversion in Subjective Evaluation: Evidence From World Figure Skating Championships' in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2008, 9 (2), 141-159

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1229

Incentive Effects of Bonus Payments: Evidence from an International Company

Axel Engellandt, Regina T. Riphahn

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2011, 64 (2), 241-257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1222

Does Monitoring Decrease Work Effort? The Complementarity Between Agency and Crowding-Out Theories

David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2008, 63 (1), 56-76.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1203

Distrust – The Hidden Cost of Control

Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld

published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1611 - 1630

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1193

Deferred Compensation and Gift Exchange: An Experimental Investigation into Multi-Period Labor Markets

Steffen Huck, Andrew Seltzer, Brian Wallace

published in: American Economic Review, 2011, 101 (2), 819-843

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1191

Other-Regarding Preferences and Performance Pay – An Experiment on Incentives and Sorting

Tor Eriksson, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published as 'Performance-pay, sorting and social motivation ' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (2), 412-421.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1123

Executive Compensation and Competition in the Banking and Financial Sectors

Vicente Cuñat, Maria Guadalupe

published in: Journal of Banking and Finance, 2009, 33 (3), 495-504

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1057

Redesigning Teams and Incentives in a Merger: An Experiment with Managers and Students

Claude Montmarquette, Jean-Louis Rullière, Marie Claire Villeval, Romain Zeiliger

revised version published in: Management Science, 2004, 50 (10), 1379-1389.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1026

Does Low Job Satisfaction Lead to Job Mobility?

Nicolai Kristensen, Niels C. Westergård-Nielsen

published as 'Job satisfaction and quits – Which job characteristics matters most?' in: Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift / Danish Economic Journal, 2006, 144 (2), 230-248

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1003

The Promotion Dynamics of American Executives

Christian Belzil, Michael L. Bognanno

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2010, 30,189-231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 987

How Often Should You Open the Door? Optimal Monitoring to Screen Heterogeneous Agents

Andrea Ichino, Gerd Muehlheusser

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 67 (3-4), 820-831

IZA Discussion Paper No. 935

Performance, Seniority and Wages: Formal Salary Systems and Individual Earnings Profiles

Thomas Dohmen

published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 741-763