(Working Papers SES ; 522)
We conduct a field experiment with remote workers to assess potential adverse effects of monitoring. We find that monitoring reduces the average performance of workers, in particular among the intrinsically motivated workforce. Moreover, monitoring cultivates the average worker: There are fewer high performers and the variance in performance is significantly reduced. Importantly, we show that...
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(Working Papers Histoire Contemporaine ; 4)
Although most Europeans of the 20th Century had never been to Africa, they have a certain idea of this continent, its landscape and its people. Books, films, newspapers and other forms of coverage – mostly made by male, white Europeans – provided a breeding ground for figurative perceptions of Africa (in German-speaking countries so- called «Afrikabilder»). The western audience experienced...
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(Working Papers Histoire Contemporaine ; 2)
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(Working Papers SES ; 420)
Afin d’apprécier les risques d’une revalorisation du taux de change du franc suisse pour l’économie du canton du Tessin, cet article débute par une analyse critique de la structure de ses exportations, selon une méthodologie que nous avons développée dans un article connexe relatif à l’économie fribourgeoise (Massonnet, 2011). Après avoir brièvement exposé la structure...
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(Working Papers SES ; 449)
Cet article analyse les rémunérations des dirigeants des sociétés suisses cotées en bourse entre 2007 et 2012. Dans un premier temps, nous exposons les différentes composantes du revenu ainsi que le rôle de chaque élément avant de jeter un regard critique sur le contenu informationnel des rapports de gestion en matière de rémunération. Nous présentons ensuite le contenu de la base de...
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(Working Papers SES ; 428)
This paper examines how family and non-family ownership affects the performance of Swiss listed firms from 2003 to 2010. We distinguish between these two types of controlling shareholders since they have different objectives. We hypothesise that only family shareholders have a real incentive to reduce agency costs whereas non-family blockholders are similar to widely held companies. Our results...
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(Working Papers SES ; 460)
This paper examines the role of the sociocultural background of students for choosing STEM fields in university. We combine rich survey data on university graduates in Switzerland with municipality level information from the census as well as nationwide elections and referenda to characterize a student›s home environment with respect to religious and political attitudes towards gender equality...
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(Working Papers SES ; 521)
Causal estimation of the short-term effects of tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) on vegetable producer prices is hampered by the large variety and different growing seasons of vegetables and is therefore rarely performed. We quantify the effects of Swiss seasonal TRQs on domestic producer prices of a variety of vegetables based on a difference-indifferences estimation using a novel dataset of weekly...
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(Working Papers SES ; 518)
Spatial isolation is considered as one of the main determinants of poverty. Therefore, many transport investments are undertaken with a stated objective of poverty reduction. In our paper, we evaluate a Tanzanian program that rehabilitated 2500km of major roads between 2008 and 2013. We deal with endogenous placement issues with a household fixed-effect strategy combined with a propensity score...
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(Working Papers SES ; 434)
In der Theorie zeichnet sich Freiwilligenarbeit dadurch aus, dass sie ohne Zwang und ohne eine entsprechende Bezahlung geleistet wird. In der Praxis zeigt sich jedoch, dass NPO für die Leistungen der Freiwilligen nicht selten ein Entgelt zahlen, das zwar deutlich unter marktüblichen Ansätzen liegt, aber in Summe einen signifikanten Betrag erreichen kann. Die Motivationsforschung warnt...
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