IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published online as 'Working Hours, Top Management Appointments, and Gender: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11674

Paying for What Kind of Performance? Performance Pay and Multitasking in Mission-Oriented Jobs

Daniel Jones, Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2023, 142, 480-507

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11671

Does Employee Stock Ownership Work? Evidence from Publicly-Traded Firms in Japan

Takao Kato, Hideaki Miyajima, Hideo Owan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11617

Where Does Profit Sharing Work Best? A Meta-Analysis on the Role of Unions, Culture, and Values

Chris Doucouliagos, Patrice Laroche, Douglas L. Kruse, T. D. Stanley

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11581

Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank

Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Management Science, 2019, 65 (12), 5449-5956

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11580

The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity

Luke Boosey, Sebastian J. Goerg

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2020, 124, 254-280.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11574

Gay Glass Ceilings: Sexual Orientation and Workplace Authority in the UK

Christopher S. Carpenter, Jeff Frank, Cevat Giray Aksoy, Matt L. Huffman

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 159, 167-180

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11556

Do Startups Provide Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Workers?

Daniel Fackler, Michaela Fuchs, Lisa Hölscher, Claus Schnabel

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (5), 1123-1148

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11543

The Impact of Sickness Absenteeism on Productivity: New Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Elena Grinza, François Rycx

published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2020, 59 (1), 150-194

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11523

Performance Pay and Enterprise Productivity: The Details Matter

Takao Kato, Antti Kauhanen

published in: Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership, 2018, 1 (1), 61-73

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11479

Organisational Accreditation and Worker Upskilling in Britain

Getinet Astatike Haile

published as 'Organisational accreditation, workforce training and perceptions of performance' in: Industrial Relations Journal, 2021, 52 (4), 291-314

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11403

Further Training and Affective Commitment

Christian Grund, Krystina Titz

revised version published as 'Affective Commitment through Further Training: The Roles of Firm Provision and Employee Participation' in: Review of Managerial Science, 2022, 16, 1195-1226.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11399

The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance

John Forth, Alex Bryson

published as 'Management practices and SME performance' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66 (4), 527 - 558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11352

Health Workers' Behavior, Patient Reporting and Reputational Concerns: Lab-in-the-Field Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Isaac M. Mbiti, Danila Serra

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11339

Employment Protection, Temporary Contracts and Firm-Provided Training: Evidence from Italy

Massimiliano Bratti, Maurizio Conti, Giovanni Sulis

revised version published as 'Employment Protection and Firm-provided Training in Dual Labour Market' in: Labour Economics, 2021, 69, 101972

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11289

Empowerment and the Dark Side of Delegation

Matthias Kräkel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11229

The Motivation of Temporary Agency Workers: An Empirical Analysis

Christian Grund, Axel Minten, Nevena Toporova

revised version published as 'Motivation assessments of temporary agency workers - an empirical analysis based on appraisals compiled by hiring companies' in: management revue - Socio-Economic Studies, 2019, 30, 5-39

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11228

Team Incentives, Task Assignment, and Performance: A Field Experiment

Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Michiel Souverijn

published in: The Leadership Quarterly, 2020, 31 (3), 101241

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11223

The Twin Track Model of Employee Voice: An Anglo-American Perspective on Union Decline and the Rise of Alternative Forms of Voice

Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman, Rafael Gomez, Paul Willman

published in: Holland, P., Teicher, J. and Donaghey, J. (eds.) Employee Voice at Work, Springer, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11215

Beyond Conflict: Long-Term Labour Market Integration of Internally Displaced Persons in Post-Socialist Countries

Artjoms Ivlevs, Michail Veliziotis

published in: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2018, 105, 131-146

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11203

Intentions for Doing Good Matter for Doing Well: The (Negative) Signaling Value of Prosocial Incentives

Lea Cassar, Stephan Meier

published in: Economic Journal, 2021, 131(637), 1988-2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11112

Mutual Gains? Is There a Role for Employee Engagement in the Modern Workplace?

Alex Bryson

published in: Bosio, G., Minola, T., Origio, F., and Tomelleri, S. (eds), Rethinking Entrepreneurial Human Capital, Springer, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11108

Not for the Profit, but for the Training? Gender Differences in Training in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Sectors

Benoit Dostie, Mohsen Javdani

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2020, 58 (3), 644-689.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11095

Serving the Public Interest in Several Ways: Theory and Empirics

Robert Dur, Max van Lent

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 51, 13-24

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11066

Nonunion Employee Representation: Theory and the German Experience with Mandated Works Councils

Uwe Jirjahn, Stephen C. Smith

published in: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2018, 89 (1), 201-234

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11065

Antecedents of Overtime Work: The Case of Junior Academics

Irina Frei, Christian Grund

published in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 2020, 34, 371-397

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11054

Product Market Competition and Employer Provided Training in Germany

John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn, Annika Pfister

revised version published in: Industrial and Corporate Change, 2020, 29 (2), 533-556

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11040

The Role of Caseworkers in Unemployment Insurance: Evidence from Unplanned Absences

Amelie Schiprowski

substantially revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2020, 38 (4), 1189 - 1225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10932

Gender Stereotyping and Self-Stereotyping Attitudes: A Large Field Study of Managers

Tor Eriksson, Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith

published as 'Gender stereotyping and self-stereotyping among Danish managers' in: Gender in Management: An International Journal, 2021, 36 (5), 622-639

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10912

Employer Screening Costs, Recruiting Strategies, and Labor Market Outcomes: An Equilibrium Analysis of On-Campus Recruiting

Russell Weinstein

published in: Labour Economics, 2018, 55, 282-299

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10844

Does Random Selection of Commissioners Improve the Quality of Selected Candidates? An Investigation in the Italian Academia

Daniele Checchi, Silvia De Poli, Enrico Rettore

published in: Italian Economic Journal, 2018, 4 (2), 211-247

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10835

Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training

Mitchell Hoffman, Stephen V. Burks

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10794

Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training

Mitchell Hoffman, Stephen V. Burks

revised version published in: Quantitative Economics, 2020, 11(1), 315-348

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10788

Women in the Workplace and Management Practices: Theory and Evidence

Takao Kato, Naomi Kodama

published in: Susan L. Averett, Laura M. Argys and Saul D. Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women, New York: OUP, 2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10755

Do Tournaments with Superstars Encourage or Discourage Competition?

Michael Babington, Sebastian J. Goerg, Carl Kitchens

published in: Journal of Sports Economics, 2020, 21 (1), 44-63.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10737

HRM and Small-Firm Employee Motivation: Before and after the Recession

Alex Bryson, Michael White

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72, 3: 749-773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10725

Supervisors and Performance Management Systems

Anders Frederiksen, Lisa B. Kahn, Fabian Lange

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 128 (6), 2123-2187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10722

Working Hours and Productivity

Marion Collewet, Jan Sauermann

published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 47, 96-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10713

Career Interruptions and Current Earnings: The Role of Interruption Type, Compensation Component, and Gender

Benedikt Gerst, Christian Grund

published in: International Journal of Manpower 2019, 40 , 850–878

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10671

Past, Present and Future Compensation Research: Economist Perspectives

Michael Gibbs

published in: Compensation & Benefits Review, 2017, 48 (1-2), 3-16

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10644

The Selection and Causal Effects of Work Incentives on Labor Productivity: Evidence from a Two-Stage Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi

Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Seonghoon Kim, Thomas T. Kim

published as ' The Role of Career and Wage Incentives in Labor Productivity: Evidence from a Two-Stage Field Experiment in Malawi ' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020, 102 (5), 839-851

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10643

Performance Pay and Applicant Screening

Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser

revised version published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57(3), 540-575

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10642

The Dispersion of Bonus Payments within and between Firms

Christian Grund, Tanja Hofmann

published in: Journal of Business Economics, 2019, 89 (4), 417-445

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10626

Gender Differences in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competitive Behavior

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Rachel Frank, Emiliano Huet-Vaughn

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 77, 170 - 176

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10607

Whistle-Blower Protection: Theory and Experimental Evidence

Lydia Mechtenberg, Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2020, 126, 103447

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10595

Where's the Teacher? How Teacher Workplace Segregation Impedes Teacher Allocation in India

Sonja Fagernäs, Panu Pelkonen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10588

Gender and Peer Effects in Social Networks

Julie Beugnot, Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 113, 207-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10583

A Firm of One's Own: Experimental Evidence on Credit Constraints and Occupational Choice

Andrew Brudevold-Newman, Maddalena Honorati, Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10577

I Can't Get No Satisfaction: The Power of Perceived Differences in Employee Retention and Turnover

Deniz Gevrek, Marilyn Spencer, David Hudgins, Valrie Chambers

published in: Personnel Review, 2017, 46(5), 1019-1043.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10576

Ceding Control: An Experimental Analysis of Participatory Management

Philip Mellizo, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews

published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2017, 3, 62 - 74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10547

Promotion Incentives in the Public Sector: Evidence from Chinese Schools

Naureen Karachiwalla, Albert Park

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2017, 146, 109-128

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10546

The Effectiveness of Incentive Schemes in the Presence of Implicit Effort Costs

Sebastian J. Goerg, Sebastian Kube, Jonas Radbruch

substantially revised version published in: Management Science, 2019, 65 (9), 3949-4450.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10542

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Nick Zubanov, Bram Cadsby, Fei Song

published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (4), 1997 - 2016

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10497

On the Effectiveness of Elected Male and Female Leaders and Team Coordination

Ernesto Reuben, Krisztina Timko

published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4, 123-135

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10486

Does Job Support Make Workers Happy?

Petri Böckerman, Alex Bryson, Antti Kauhanen, Mari Kangasniemi

published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 67 (1), 31-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10454

Working Hours, Promotion and the Gender Gap in the Workplace

Takao Kato, Hiromasa Ogawa, Hideo Owan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10394

The Spillover Effects of Affirmative Action on Competitiveness and Unethical Behavior

Ritwik Banerjee, Nabanita Datta Gupta, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2018, 101, 567-604

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10393

Dynamic Incentive Effects of Team Formation: Experimental Evidence

Thomas Gall, Xiaocheng Hu, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 28(4), 687-712, 2019.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10384

Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn from Speedboat Races in Japan

Alison L. Booth, Eiji Yamamura

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100 (4), 581 - 593

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10375

Behavior Change for Early Childhood Nutrition: Effectiveness of Health Worker Training Depends on Maternal Information in a Randomized Control Trial

Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10314

Which Are the Benefits of Having More Female Leaders? Evidence from the Use of Part-Time Work in Italy

Francesco Devicienti, Elena Grinza, Alessandro Manello, Davide Vannoni

published as 'What Are the Benefits of Having More Female Leaders? Evidence from the Use of Part-Time Work in Italy' in: Industrial and Labor Relation Review, 2019, 72 (4), 897–926

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10302

Maria Ferreira Sequeda, Annemarie Künn-Nelen, Andries de Grip

published in: Solomon W. Polachek, Konstantinos Pouliakas. Giovanni Russo, Konstantinos Tatsiramos (eds.): Skill Mismatch in Labor Markets (Research in Labor Economics, 45) Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017, 345 - 407

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10289

The Diversity of Personnel Practices and Firm Performance

Pedro S. Martins

published in: S. W. Polachek, K. Tatsiramos, G. Russo, G. van Houten (eds.), Workplace Productivity and Management Practices', (Research in Labour Economics 49), 2021

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10288

Locus of Control and Performance Appraisal

John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn, Cornelia Chadi

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 142, 205-225

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10128

Gender Differences in Cooperative Environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress

Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Economic Journal, 2022, 132, 218 - 257

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10084

Performance Pay and Malnutrition

Prakarsh Singh, Sandip Mitra

published as 'Incentives, Information and Malnutrition: Evidence from an experiment in India' in: European Economic Review, 2017, 93, 24-46.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10083

Impact of Caregiver Incentives on Child Health: Evidence from an Experiment with Anganwadi Workers in India

Prakarsh Singh, William A. Masters

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 55, 219 - 231

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10050

Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women: A Simultaneous Hazards Approach

Martin Biewen, Stefanie Seifert

revised version published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2018, 18, 1-22

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10042

What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?

Alex Bryson, John Forth

published as 'Management Practices and SME Performance' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 66 (4), 527 - 558

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10041

Competitive Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Results

Alberto Bayo-Moriones, Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin

published as: 'Business Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Performance' in: Personnel Review, 2021, 50 (2), 515-534.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10038

Social Comparisons of Wage Increases and Job Satisfaction

Christian Grund, Maike Rubin

published in: Applied Economics, 2017, 49, 1345-1350

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9982

Group (Re-)formation in Public Good Games: The Tale of the Bad Apple

Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes

published in: Journal of Ecconomic Behavior & Organization 145 (2018), 306-319.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9946

Profit Sharing and Peer Reporting

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Andrea Robbett, Prottoy Akbar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9860

Clever Enough to Tell the Truth

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, 130-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9858

Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets

Gadi Barlevy, Derek Neal

published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (1), 187–246

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9841

Politics in the Family: Nepotism and the Hiring Decisions of Italian Firms

Stefano Gagliarducci, Marco Manacorda

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2020, 12 (2), 67 - 95

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9739

The Effect of Announced Downsizing on Workplace Performance: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Nick Zubanov

published in: S.W. Polachek, K. Tatsiramos, G. Russo, and G. van Houten (Eds.) Workplace Productivity and Management Practices, Research in Labor Economics, 49, Emerald Publishing Limited, Bingley, 2021, 79-205.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9690

When Does HRM 'Work' in Small British Enterprises?

Michael White, Alex Bryson

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2019, 72 (3), 749-773

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9658

Are Men Given Priority for Top Jobs? Investigating the Glass Ceiling in the Italian Academia

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2018, Vol. 12, No. 3: 475-503.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9654

Crowding Out in the Labour Market: Do Employers Lend a Hand?

Dieter Verhaest, Elene Bogaert, Jeroen Dereymaeker, Laura Mestdagh, Stijn Baert

revised version published as 'Do Employers Prefer Overqualified Graduates? A Field Experiment' in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2018, 57 (3), 351 - 388

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9612

Women Do Not Play Their Aces: The Consequences of Shying Away

Jörg Claussen, Eszter Czibor, Mirjam C. van Praag

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9594

Connections in Scientific Committees and Applicants' Self-Selection: Evidence from a Natural Randomized Experiment

Manuel Bagues, Mauro Sylos-Labini, Natalia Zinovyeva

published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 58, 81-97

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9564

Are Competitors Forward Looking in Strategic Interactions? Evidence from the Field

Mario Lackner, Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation, 2020, 179, 544-565

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9537