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Performance feedback provision, peer effects and performance of workers

Posted on March 10, 2020 by admin

What is the impact of performance feedback provision and peer effects on individuals’ performance? A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the mechanisms behind peer effects which include conformism, social pressure, rivalry, social learning and distributional preferences, depending on the presence … Continue reading →

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The future of the car industry in the face of electromobility, autonomous driving and artificial intelligence, the challenge of China and the coronavirus. Interview with Ferdinand Dudenhöffer.

Posted on March 9, 2020 by admin

GLO Fellow Ferdinand Dudenhöffer (St. Gallen University & University Duisburg-Essen) is the Founder and Director of the CAR – Center Automotive Research in Duisburg. A media star on issues dealing with the challenges and perspectives of cars and the industry, … Continue reading →

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Visits of the Pope stimulate church attendance and induce a decline in abortions.

Posted on March 9, 2020 by admin

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that papal visits in Italy lead to increased church attendance and a decline in abortions that is greater when the Pope mentions abortion in his speeches. Read more in: … Continue reading →

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Children of Asian immigrants invest more time in educational activities

Posted on March 8, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the academic advantage of children of Asian immigrants is mainly attributable to more time investments in educational activities or favorable initial cognitive abilities and not to socio-demographics or parenting styles. The Global Labor … Continue reading →

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Exploring the roots of democracy: Conversionary Protestantism does not matter

Posted on March 7, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds no significant relationship between Protestant missions and the development of democracy. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate … Continue reading →

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Incentive Pay Increases Firm Productivity in China

Posted on March 6, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper for China finds that labor scarcity encourages firms to adopt more incentive pay which leads to higher firm productivity and reduces misallocation of labor. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading →

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Books or Babies – GLO Discussion Paper of the Month and all GLO papers accessible

Posted on March 5, 2020 by admin

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of February finds that raising the school leaving age can be effective in reducing the incidence of teenage pregnancy among socially excluded women, even if it does not affect the general population. An … Continue reading →

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Risk sharing, siblings, and household equity. Paper published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Population Economics.

Posted on March 4, 2020 by admin

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 461–482. In China, social networks play an important role in risk sharing. The paper shows that the main channel through which siblings affect household investment is risk sharing. Risk sharing, siblings, and household equity … Continue reading →

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Leadership delegation in rotten kid families. A contribution to the debate on parenting styles.

Posted on March 3, 2020 by admin

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 441-460. The paper shows that the optimality of authority (leadership) delegation for the sequential-action game played by rotten kids and a parent depends crucially on the degree of heterogeneity in the kids’ preferences. The … Continue reading →

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Birth order and unwanted fertility. Paper published in the April 2020 issue of the Journal of Population Economics.

Posted on March 2, 2020 by admin

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 413-440. The paper documents that children higher in the birth order are much more likely to be unwanted, and this is associated with negative life cycle outcomes. Birth order and unwanted fertility — by … Continue reading →

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