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71 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17584
Inequality in the Economics Profession
Karan Singhal, Eva Sierminska
forthcoming in: Klaus F. Zimmermann (ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17327
The Importance of Luck in Executive Promotion Tournaments: Theory and Evidence
Jed DeVaro, Scott Fung
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16743
Baby Bumps in the Road: The Impact of Parenthood on Job Performance, Human Capital, and Career Advancement
Olivia Healy, Jennifer A. Heissel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16536
Desperately Seeking a Japanese Yokozuna
Giorgio Brunello, Eiji Yamamura
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16206
Gender and Career Progression in Academia: European Evidence
Lucio Morettini, Massimiliano Tani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14502
Why Making Promotion after a Burnout Is like Boiling the Ocean
Philippe Sterkens, Stijn Baert, Claudia Rooman, Eva Derous
revised version published in: European Sociological Review , 2023, 39 (4), 516- 531
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14387
Gender Differences in Student Evaluations of Teaching: Identification and Consequences
Edmund Cannon, Giam Pietro Cipriani
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14040
Academic Careers and Fertility Decisions
Maria De Paola, Roberto Nistico, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: D. Checchi, T. Jappelli, A. Uricchio (eds.), Teaching, Research and Academic Careers, Springer, 2022, 135 -161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14037
Between the Dockyard and the Deep Blue Sea: Retention and Personnel Economics in the Royal Navy
Darrell J. Glaser, Ahmed S. Rahman
published in: Labour Economics 2023, 84, 102407
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13770
The Effect of Grade Retention on Adult Crime: Evidence from a Test-Based Promotion Policy
Ozkan Eren, Michael F. Lovenheim, Naci Mocan
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2022, 40 (2), 361 - 395
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13596
Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave
Julian V. Johnsen, Hyejin Ku, Kjell G. Salvanes
latest version published online as 'Competition and Career Advancement' in: Review of Economic Studies, 13 October 2024
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13174
Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics: New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
Ina Ganguli, Ricardo Hausmann, Martina Viarengo
published in: Economica, 2021, 88 (349), 104 - 128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13146
Determinants of Teacher Value-Added in Public Primary Schools: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data
Ryuichi Tanaka, Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, Koichi Ushijima
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12902
Gender Promotion Gaps: Career Aspirations and Workplace Discrimination
Ghazala Azmat, Vicente Cuñat, Emeric Henry
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12736
Visible Minorities and Job Mobility: Evidence from a Workplace Panel Survey
Mohsen Javdani
published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2020, 18, 491–524
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12322
The Effects of Work-Life Benefits on Employment Outcomes in Canada: A Multivariate Analysis
Tony Fang, Byron Lee, Andrew R. Timming, Di Fan
published in: Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations, 2019, 74(2), 323-351.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12306
The Gender Promotion Gap: Evidence from Central Banking
Laura Hospido, Luc Laeven, Ana Lamo
published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2022, 104 (5), 981 - 996
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12264
Responding to Regulation: The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Laws on Firm-Provided Incentives
Anders Frederiksen, Colleen Flaherty Manchester
published as 'Personnel Practices and Regulation: How Firm-Provided Incentives Respond to Changes in Mandatory Retirement Law' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2021, 39 (4), 1011-1042
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12113
Works Councils and Workplace Health Promotion in Germany
Uwe Jirjahn, Jens Mohrenweiser, Stephen C. Smith
revised version published in: Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2022, 43 (3), 1059-1094
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11974
Women in Economics: Stalled Progress
Shelly Lundberg, Jenna Stearns
published in: Journal of Economic Perpectivesm 2019, 33 (1), 3 - 22
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11868
Publishing and Promotion in Economics: The Tyranny of the Top Five
James J. Heckman, Sidharth Moktan
published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 58 (2), 2020, 419 - 70
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11675
Working Hours and Top Management Appointments: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Anders Frederiksen, Takao Kato, Nina Smith
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. 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. 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. 10454
Working Hours, Promotion and the Gender Gap in the Workplace
Takao Kato, Hiromasa Ogawa, Hideo Owan
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. 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. 9380
Moving Up or Falling Behind? Gender, Promotions, and Wages in Canada
Mohsen Javdani, Andrew McGee
published in: Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2019, 58 (2), 189-228.
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. 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. 8478
The Family Gap in Career Progression
Astrid Kunze
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2015, Volume 41, 115-142.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8368
Dynamic Incentive Effects of Heterogeneity in Multi-Stage Promotion Contests
Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7784
Age and Opportunities for Promotion
C. Sofia Machado, Miguel Portela
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7759
After the Tournament: Outcomes and Effort Provision
Andrew McGee, Peter McGee
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 57 (4), 2125-2146.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7378
Intra-Firm Upward Mobility and Immigration
Mohsen Javdani, Andrew McGee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7023
Employer's Information and Promotion-Seeking Activities
Gil S. Epstein
published in: Economics and Business Letters, 2012, 1(4), 21-32
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6948
Promotion Determinants in Corporate Hierarchies: An Examination of Fast Tracks and Functional Area
Christian Belzil, Michael L. Bognanno, François Poinas
published in: Transitions through the Labor Market (Research in Labor Economics, 48), 2018
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6873
Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career: Gender, Unionism, and Sector
John T. Addison, Orgul Demet Ozturk, Si Wang
revised version published as 'The Role of Gender in Promotion and Pay over a Career' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2014, 8 (3), 280-317
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6821
The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions
Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues
published in: American Economic Journals: Applied Economics, 2015, 7 (2), 264-292
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6675
Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?
David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (1), 32-54
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6486
Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: New Evidence and an Interpretation from the Perspective of Task-Specific Human Capital
Masaru Sasaki, Katsuya Takii, Junmin Wan
published as 'Synchronized job transfer and task-specific human capital' in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2020, 56, 101075
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6444
Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records
Fidan Ana Kurtulus, Donald Tomaskovic-Devey
published as 'Do Female Top Managers Help Women to Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records' in: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2022, 639, 173-197
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6431
Promotion Signals, Age and Education
Michael L. Bognanno, Eduardo Melero Martín
published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2016, 25 (1), 111 - 132
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6343
The Firm as the Locus of Social Comparisons: Internal Labor Markets versus Up-or-Out
Emmanuelle Auriol, Guido Friebel, Frauke Lammers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5970
Climbing the Job Ladder: New Evidence of Gender Inequity
David W. Johnston, Wang-Sheng Lee
published in: Industrial Relations, 2012, 51 (1), 128 - 151
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5961
Why Are So Few Females Promoted into CEO and Vice-President Positions? Danish Empirical Evidence 1997-2007
Nina Smith, Valdemar Smith, Mette Verner
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2013, 66 (2), 380-408
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5764
Human Capital and Career Success: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Anders Frederiksen, Takao Kato
published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128 (613), 1952-1982
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5755
Incentives vs. Selection in Promotion Tournaments: Can a Designer Kill Two Birds with One Stone?
Wolfgang Höchtl, Rudolf Kerschbamer, Rudi Stracke, Uwe Sunde
revised version published in: Managerial and Decision Economics, 2015, 36(5), 275–285
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5671
Effects of Training on Employee Suggestions and Promotions in an Internal Labor Market
Christian Pfeifer, Simon Janssen, Philip Yang, Uschi Backes-Gellner
published as 'Effects of training on employee suggestions and promotions' in: Schmalenbach Business Review, 65(3), 270-287.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5537
Does Gender Matter for Academic Promotion? Evidence from a Randomized Natural Experiment
Natalia Zinovyeva, Manuel Bagues
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5298
What Do We Work For? An Anatomy of Pre- and Post-Tax Earnings Growth
Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5163
Within- and Cross-Firm Mobility and Earnings Growth
Anders Frederiksen, Timothy J. Halliday, Alexander K. Koch
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2016, 69 (2), 320-353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3702
Relative Performance Pay, Bonuses, and Job-Promotion Tournaments
Matthias Kräkel, Anja Schöttner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3205
The Peter Principle: An Experiment
David L. Dickinson, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published as 'Job allocation rules and sorting efficiency: Experimental Outcomes in a Peter Principle Environment.' in: Southern Economic Journal, 2012, 78 (3), 842-859
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. 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. 1523
Downward Wage Rigidity and Labour Mobility
Thomas Cornelissen, Olaf Hübler
published in: Empirical Economics, 2008, 34(2), 205-230
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1474
Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time
Massimiliano Bratti, Stefano Staffolani
revised version published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2007, 28 (6), 489-512
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1468
The Part-Time Wage Penalty: A Career Perspective
Giovanni Russo, Wolter Hassink
published as "The Part-Time Wage Gap: a Career Perspective" in: De Economist, 2008, 156 (2), 145-174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1184
Gender Differences in Job Assignment and Promotion on a Complexity Ladder of Jobs
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Juhana Vartiainen
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59 (2), 285-301
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1023
Tournaments: There Is More Than Meets the Eye
Gil S. Epstein, Shmuel Nitzan
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. 883
Overeducation, Wages and Promotions within the Firm
Sandra Groeneveld, Joop Hartog
published in: Labour Economics, 2004, 11 (6), 701-714
IZA Discussion Paper No. 647
Envy and Compassion in Tournaments
Christian Grund, Dirk Sliwka
revised version published in: Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2005, 14 (1), 187-207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 435
Perceived Income, Promotion and Incentive Effects
Gil S. Epstein, Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2006, 27 (2), 104-125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 375
The Pro-Trade Effect of Immigration on American Exports During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
James A. Dunlevy, William K. Hutchinson
IZA Discussion Paper No. 336
Careers and Wage Growth within Large Firms
Francisco Lima, Pedro T. Pereira
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2003, 7 (24), 812-835
IZA Discussion Paper No. 288
Getting Ahead: The Determinants of and Payoffs to Internal Promotion for Young U.S. Men and Women
Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2001, 20, 339-372
IZA Discussion Paper No. 151
Gender, Salary and Promotion in the Academic Profession
Melanie E. Ward-Warmedinger
published in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2001, 48 (3), 283-302
IZA Discussion Paper No. 85
Gender and Racial Discrimination in Pay and Promotion for NHS Nurses
Stephen Pudney, Michael A. Shields
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2000, 62 (s1), 801-835
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