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343 IZA Discussion Papers
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. 2673
The Benefits of Being Economics Professor A (and not Z)
Mirjam C. van Praag, Bernard M. S. van Praag
published in: Economica, 2008, 75 (300), 782-796
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2507
Selection Wages: An Example
Ekkehart Schlicht
substantially enlarged version published as 'Wage Dispersion, Over-Qualification, and Reder Competition' in: Economics e-Journal, 2007, 2007-13
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2492
Financial Incentives and the Timing of Retirement: Evidence from Switzerland
Barbara Hanel, Regina T. Riphahn
published as 'The Timing of Retirement - New Evidence from Swiss Female Workers' in: Labour Economics, 2012, 19(5), 718-728
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2463
Moral Hazard Contracts: Does One Size Fit All?
Alexander K. Koch, Eloic Peyrache
published in:Economics Letters, 2008, 100 (3), 399-401.
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. 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. 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. 2253
Performance Pay and Earnings: Evidence from Personnel Records
Tuomas Pekkarinen, Chris Riddell
published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2008, 61 (3), 287 - 319
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. 2245
Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution and Work Incentives?
Viktor Steiner, Katharina Wrohlich
revised version published as 'Introducing Family Tax Splitting in Germany: How Would It Affect the Income Distribution, Work Incentives, and Household Welfare? ' in: FinanzArchiv, 2008, 64 (1), 115-142
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. 2143
Control Rights in Public-Private Partnerships
Marco Francesconi, Abhinay Muthoo
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (3), 551-589
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. 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. 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. 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. 1932
Can Parents Afford to Work? Childcare Costs, Tax-Benefit Policies and Work Incentives
Herwig Immervoll, David Barber
updated and extended version published in: OECD (2007), Benefits and Wages: OECD Indicators
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