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A Quantile Model of Firm Investment

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are firms risk averse? We propose a dynamic model of firm investment under uncertainty that captures firms' risk attitudes through quantile preferences. The firm maximizes its present value, defined as current profits and investment plus the discounted value of the τ$\tau$‐quantile of its value next period.
Heitor Almeida, Murillo Campello, Luciano de Castro, Antonio F. Galvao   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gendered Effects of the Minimum Wage

International Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Women work disproportionately in low‐hours jobs, which pay lower wages and are more exposed to minimum‐wage policies. We estimate an equilibrium search model with worker and firm heterogeneity, jobs differing in wages and hours, and imperfect compliance. Applied to Germany, the 8.50 € minimum wage reallocates women toward higher‐hours jobs and
Alessandro Di Nola, Haomin Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Inequality Aversion and Reciprocity in Moonlighting Games

We study behavior in a moonlighting game with unequal initial endowments. In this game, predictions for second-mover behavior based on inequality aversion are in contrast to reciprocity.
Martin Strobel, Dirk Engelmann
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The winner doesn't need to take it all: Unravelling the gendered value of work time

International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.
Abstract How people understand, negotiate and use time at work shapes their daily experiences. Yet, when work time is divided, allocated and valued in workplaces, women often lose out. Despite pervasive empirical evidence of gender gaps, research has largely overlooked the deeper role of time in shaping inequality.
Marijana Baric, Rachel Nayani, Ivy X. Sheng, Sara Connolly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Collective Bargaining in Germany: Trends and Challenges

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the evolution, institutional structure, and challenges of collective bargaining in Germany. Collective bargaining addresses labor market imperfections, redistributes productivity gains, and shapes working conditions. Germany's system centers on industry‐level agreements, complemented by firm‐level agreements and voluntary ...
Lutz Bellmann, Christian Dustmann, Bernd Fitzenberger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An approach to minimize inventory risk due to weather using buyback contract with weather rebate

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper addresses the inventory risk owing to weather fluctuations faced by retail companies and designs a new class of contract incorporating financial risk hedging. The designed contract not only coordinates the supply chain as the buyback contract does but also improves the supply chain profit by considering the inventory risk due to ...
Piyal Sarkar, M. I. M. Wahab, Liping Fang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Methodological heterogeneity and equity challenges of distributional cost-effectiveness analysis in healthcare: a systematic review from 2017 to 2025. [PDF]

Arch Public Health
Yuan X, Shi J, Wang Q, Hu M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Maternity Care Provider Views on Disrespect, Mistreatment, and Obstetric Violence in Australian Maternity Services

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Around one in ten Australian women describe feeling powerless, violated and dehumanised during the perinatal period resulting in physical and psychological trauma. Maternity care providers are also impacted when mistreatment of women is undertaken or witnessed.
Emma C. Collins, Elaine S. Burns, Hazel Keedle, Hannah G. Dahlen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social inequalities in self-rated health in Sweden using the Population Health Performance Index: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Eur J Public Health
Inyangetuk RS, San Sebastián M, Fonseca-Rodríguez O.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Evidence Gathering Under Competitive and Noncompetitive Rewards

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Reward schemes may affect not only agents' effort but also their incentives to gather information in order to reduce the riskiness of the productive activity. In a laboratory experiment using a novel task, we find that the relationship between incentives and evidence gathering depends critically on the availability of information about peers ...
Philip Brookins, Jennifer Brown, Dmitry Ryvkin   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source