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Mar 27, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Baker, George; Gibbs, Michael; Holmström, Bengt, 2024, "The Internal Economics of the Firm: Evidence From Personnel Data", https://doi.org/10.15185/bgh.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
The dataset contains confidential computerized personnel records for all management employees of a medium-sized U. S. firm in a service industry over the years 1969-1988. The principal investigators use these data to peer inside the "black box" of the firm to explore the existenc... |
Researchers in development economics have made strides in understanding the relationship between gender, employment, and poverty through detailed policy evaluations. However, a key challenge is consolidating this knowledge and assessing its broader applicability. The Jobs of the... |
Mar 19, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Buchmann, Nina C.; Sullivan, Colin D.; Meyer, Carl, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Paternalistic Discrimination", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.807.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
The study combines field experiments in Bangladesh with a structural labormodel to introduce paternalistic discrimination. This discrimination involves the differential treatment of two groups to protect one, even against its will, from harmful or unpleasant situations. The main... |
Mar 19, 2024 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Bryan, Gharad; Franklin, Simon; Abebe, Girum, 2024, "G²LM|LIC - Urban Density and Labor Markets", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.409.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V1
Many of the world‘s poorest people live and work in dense informal settlements in Africa’s growing megacities. These communities have both positives and negatives. On one side, settlements, often located in central areas, provide workers with access to geographically proximate jo... |
Mar 12, 2024 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Acton, Riley K.; Cao, Wenjia; Cook, Emily E.; Imberman, Scott A.; Lovenheim, Micheal F., 2024, "The Effect of Vaccine Mandates on Disease Spread: Evidence from College COVID-19 Mandates", https://doi.org/10.15185/jhr2024.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The study examines the effect of college- and university-imposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates for students on county-level COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and other health outcomes leveraging several rich sources of data. The researchers obtain information on vaccine... |
Nov 13, 2023 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Eberle, Johanna; Mahlstedt, Robert; Schmucker, Alexandra, 2023, "IZA/IAB Linked Evaluation Dataset", https://doi.org/10.15185/izadp.8337.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The IZA/IAB Linked Evaluation Dataset 1993-2010 was created in the context of the research project trying to obtain reliable estimates for the impact of active labor market policies (ALMP) and understand why and how programs work or not.In cooperation with the Institute for Emplo... |
Nov 12, 2023 - IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
Schnedler, Wendelin, 2023, "The Broken Chain: Evidence Against Emotionally Driven Upstream Indirect Reciprocity", https://doi.org/10.15185/j.geb.2022.10.008, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
Psychologists claim that being treated kindly puts individuals in a positive emotional state: they then treat an unrelated third party more kindly. Numerous experiments document that subjects indeed ‘pay forward’ specific behavior. For example, they are less generous after having... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Heath, Rachel M.; Boudreau, Laura; Matin, Imran; Ahmed, Shakil, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - The Effects of Employer Responses to COVID-19 on Female Garment Workers in Bangladesh", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.710.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
This study developed and implemented a mobile-phone-based survey of garment workers in Bangladesh, providing insights about COVID-19 responses in their workplace and the effects on workers. The study asked about factory shutdowns, the rate of safety measures like masks and increa... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Hsu, Eric; Wancera Wambugu, Anne, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Taming Counterfeits Markets with Consumer Information", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.620.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The project aimed to study whether an information campaign to improve Kenyan farmers’ ability to detect quality of agricultural inputs—such as seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides was able to help: increase usage of techniques to verify seed quality, increase adoption of quality-ver... |
Nov 12, 2023 - G²LM|LIC - Gender Growth and Labor Markets in Low-Income Countries
Islam, Asadul; Triyana, Margaret; Xia, Xing, 2023, "G²LM|LIC - Occupational Health and Safety: The Role of Information and Financial Linkage", https://doi.org/10.15185/glmlic.399.1, Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC), V2
The intervention was carried out in October 2017. A baseline survey was conducted prior to the intervention in 2017 and two follow-up surveys were carried out in December 2018 and end of 2019. In addition, a special follow-up survey of the workers was carried out in January 2021... |
