Discussion Papers

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

Work-Related Learning and Skill Development in Europe: Does Initial Skill Mismatch Matter?

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

Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data

Khalid Sekkat, Ariane Szafarz, Ilan Tojerow

published as 'Female corporate owners and female CEOs' in: Economics Letters, 2023, 232, 111285

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9528

Happy Birthday, You're Fired! The Effects of Age-Dependent Minimum Wage on Youth Employment Flows in the Netherlands

Jan Kabátek

published in: ILR Review, 2021,74 (4), 1008 - 1035

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9501

Can Reputation Discipline the Gig Economy? Experimental Evidence from an Online Labor Market

Alan Benson, Aaron Sojourner, Akhmed Umyarov

published in: Management Science, 2020, 66 (5), 1802-1825

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9473

A Theory of Intra-Firm Group Design

Semih Tumen

published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2016, 45(1), 89-102

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9470

Gender and the Effect of Working Hours on Firm-Sponsored Training

Matteo Picchio, Jan C. van Ours

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2016, 125, 192-211

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9417

Gender Gaps in Performance: Evidence from Young Lawyers

Ghazala Azmat, Rosa Ferrer

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125 (5), 1306-1355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9392

Heterogeneity of Skill Needs and Job Complexity: Evidence from the OECD PIAAC Survey

Konstantinos Pouliakas, Giovanni Russo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9386

Procedures vs. Incentives: The Case of the University Promotion System in Italy

Carlo dal Maso, Enrico Rettore, Lorenzo Rocco

published in: Education Economics, 2018, 26 (3), 213 - 232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9385

Disentangling the Role of Contract Types and Sector Disparities for Public Service Motivation

Christian Grund, Kirsten Thommes

revised version published as 'The Role of Contract Types for Employees' Public Service Motivation' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 2017, 18, 377-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9379

Work-Life Balance Practices, Performance-Related Pay, and Gender Equality in the Workplace: Evidence from Japan

Takao Kato, Naomi Kodama

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9363

Ten Facts You Need To Know About Hiring

Samuel Mühlemann, Mirjam Strupler Leiser

published as "Hiring costs and labor market tightness" in: Labour Economics, 2018, 52, 122-131.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9331

Women Have to Enter the Leadership Race to Win: Using Random Selection to Increase the Supply of Women into Senior Positions

Amanda H. Goodall, Margit Osterloh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9330

Strive to be First or Avoid Being Last: An Experiment on Relative Performance Incentives

E. Glenn Dutcher, Loukas Balafoutas, Florian Lindner, Dmitry Ryvkin, Matthias Sutter

published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2015, 94, 39-56.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9316

Team Incentives and Performance: Evidence from a Retail Chain

Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Miriam Krüger, Nick Zubanov

published in: American Economic Review, 2017, 107(8), 2168-2203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9296

Job Satisfaction and Employee Turnover: A Firm-Level Perspective

Anders Frederiksen

published in: German Journal of Human Resource Management, 2017, 31 (2), 132-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9294

The Role of Establishments and the Concentration of Occupations in Wage Inequality

Elizabeth Handwerker, James R. Spletzer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9285

The Complementary Use of Experiments and Field Data to Evaluate Management Practices: The Case of Subjective Performance Evaluations

Patrick Kampkötter, Dirk Sliwka

published in: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 2016, 172 (2), 364-389

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9251

Third-Party vs. Second-Party Control: Disentangling the Role of Autonomy and Reciprocity

Gabriel Burdin, Simon Halliday, Fabio Landini

revised version published as 'The hidden benefits of abstaining from control' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 147, 1-12.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9243

Performance Measurement and Incentive Intensity

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

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2017, 38, 496–546

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9179

Worker Reciprocity and the Returns to Training: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Jan Sauermann

published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2023, 32 (3), 543-557

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9153

Labor Supply and Productivity Responses to Non-Salary Benefits: Do They Work? If So, at What Level Do They Work Best?

Marilyn Spencer, Deniz Gevrek, Valrie Chambers, Randall Bowden

published in: Personnel Review, 2016, 45 (5), 1047-1068

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9140

Employer Downsizing and Older Workers' Health

Italo A. Gutierrez, Pierre-Carl Michaud

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9110

Saving Face and Group Identity

Tor Eriksson, Lei Mao, Marie Claire Villeval

revised version published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20 (3), 622-647

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9084

A Real-Effort Experiment on Gift Exchange with Temptation

Alexander K. Koch, Julia Nafziger

revised version published as 'Gift Exchange, Control, and Cyberloafing: A Real-Effort Experiment" in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2016, 131,409 - 426

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9007

Wage Returns to Mid-Career Investments in Job Training through Employer-Supported Course Enrollment: Evidence for Canada

Wen Ci, Jose C. Galdo, Marcel Voia, Christopher Worswick

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy. 2015, 4:9

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8990

The Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns to Voucher-Financed Training

Katja Görlitz, Marcus Tamm

substantially revised version published as 'The returns to voucher-financed training on wages, employment and job tasks' in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 52, 51 - 62

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8950

Rank-Order Tournaments, Probability of Winning and Investing in Talent: Evidence from Champions League Qualifying Rules

Colin P. Green, Fernando A. Lozano, Rob Simmons

published in: NIESR Review: Special Issue of Sports Economics , 2015, 232 (1), R30 - R40

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8910

Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals

Andrea Bassanini, Giorgio Brunello, Eve Caroli

revised version published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 429-483

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8909

Worker Morale and Effort: Is the Relationship Causal?

Wolter Hassink, Roberto M. Fernandez

published in: Manchester School, 2018, 86 (6), 816-839

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8859

Gender Differences in Attitudes Towards Competition: Evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification

Maria De Paola, Michela Ponzo, Vincenzo Scoppa

published as 'Gender differences in the propensity to apply for promotion: evidence from the Italian Scientific Qualification' in: Oxford Economic Papers, 2017, 69 (5), 986 - 1009.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8836

Rise of the Machines: The Effects of Labor-Saving Innovations on Jobs and Wages

Andy Feng, Georg Graetz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8775

Training Funds and the Incidence of Training: The Case of Mauritius

Oluyemisi Kuku, Peter F. Orazem, Sawkut Rojid, Milan Vodopivec

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8762

Communication and Trust in Principal-Team Relationships: Experimental Evidence

Marco Kleine, Sebastian Kube

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8761

Cooperation in Diverse Teams: The Role of Temporary Group Membership

Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes

considerably shortened version published as 'Public Good Provision in Blended Groups of Partners and Strangers' in: Economics Letters, 2015, 134, 41-44

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8725

Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies

Astrid Kunze, Amalia Miller

published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 99 (5), 769-775, 2017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8724

Share Capitalism and Worker Wellbeing

Alex Bryson, Andrew E. Clark, Richard B. Freeman, Colin P. Green

published in: Labour Economics, 2016, 42, 151-158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8707

Helping in Teams

Anastasia Danilov, Christine Harbring, Bernd Irlenbusch

revised version published as 'Helping Under a Combination of Team and Tournament Incentives' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 162, 120-135.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8704

Strategic Incomplete Contracts: Theory and Experiments

Nisvan Erkal, Steven Y. Wu, Brian E. Roe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8647

The Effect of Female Leadership on Establishment and Employee Outcomes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Stefano Gagliarducci, M. Daniele Paserman

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2015, 41, 341-372

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8602

Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance

Luca Flabbi, Mario Macis, Andrea Moro, Fabiano Schivardi

published in: Economic Journal, 2019, 129 (622), 2390-2423

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8559

Boss Competence and Worker Well-being

Benjamin Artz, Amanda H. Goodall, Andrew J. Oswald

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (2), 419–450

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8538

Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance

Vicente Cuñat, Mireia Giné, Maria Guadalupe

published in: Review of Finance, 2016, 20 (5), 1799 - 1834

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8537

Employee Stock Purchase Plans: Gift or Incentive? Evidence from a Multinational Corporation

Alex Bryson, Richard B. Freeman

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57 (1), 86-106

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8506

Innovation, Productivity, and Training

Benoit Dostie

published as 'The Impact of Training on Innovation' in: ILR Review, 2018, 71(1): 64-87.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8478

The Family Gap in Career Progression

Astrid Kunze

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2015, Volume 41, 115-142.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8469

Vacation Leave, Work Hours and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Ali Fakih

published in: Labour, 2014, 28 (4), 376-398

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8447

Do Employer Preferences Contribute to Sticky Floors?

Stijn Baert, Ann-Sophie De Pauw, Nick Deschacht

revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (3), 714 - 736.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8436

Temporal and Locational Flexibility of Work, Working-Time Fit, and Job Satisfaction

Daniel Possenriede, Janneke Plantenga

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8368

Dynamic Incentive Effects of Heterogeneity in Multi-Stage Promotion Contests

Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8345

Publish or Perish? Incentives and Careers in Italian Academia

Daniele Checchi, Gianni De Fraja, Stefano Verzillo

published in Review of Economics and Statistics 2021, 103 (4), 786-802

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8311

Employee Recognition and Performance: A Field Experiment

Christiane Bradler, Robert Dur, Susanne Neckermann, Arjan Non

published in: Management Science, 2016, 62(11), 3085-3099

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8308

Do Personality Traits Affect Productivity? Evidence from the Lab

Maria Cubel, Ana Nuevo-Chiquero, Santiago Sanchez-Pages, Marian Vidal-Fernandez

published in: Economic Journal , 2016, 126 (592). 654–681

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8286

Screening for Honesty

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

substantially revised version available as IZA DP No. 9860

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8239

Intrinsic Motivations of Public Sector Employees: Evidence for Germany

Robert Dur, Robin Zoutenbier

published in: German Economic Review, 2015, 16(3), 343-366

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8214

Measuring Ratchet Effects within a Firm: Evidence from a Field Experiment Varying Contractual Commitment

Charles Bellemare, Bruce S. Shearer

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8177

What Happens When Employers are Free to Discriminate? Evidence from the English Barclays Premier Fantasy Football League

Alex Bryson, Arnaud Chevalier

published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 51-63

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8174

Coworkers, Networks, and Job Search Outcomes

Perihan Saygin, Andrea Weber, Michèle Weynandt

published in: ILR Review, 2021, 74 (1), 95-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8112

Gender Pay Gaps among Highly Educated Professionals: Compensation Components Do Matter

Christian Grund

revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 34, 118-126

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8108

Playing 'Hard to Get': An Economic Rationale for Crowding Out of Intrinsically Motivated Behavior

Wendelin Schnedler, Christoph Vanberg

published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 68, 106–115

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8098

Are Voluntary Agreements Better? Evidence from Baseball Arbitration

John W. Budd, Aaron Sojourner, Jaewoo Jung

published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2017, 70 (4), 865 - 893