Posts tagged with 'Produktivität'
June 12, 2023
Did the minimum wage in Germany improve allocative efficiency?
New study finds that aggregate productivity gains resulted entirely from within-firm productivity improvements
February 15, 2023
Do digital technologies complement or substitute employee training?
New study finds that investment in training per employee is reduced with the adoption of modern technologies
August 23, 2022
Who is more productive from home?
New survey evidence shows that personality traits matter (a lot)
May 27, 2021
Working from home may hurt productivity
New research based on workplace analytics data finds employees work more hours for the same output
December 4, 2020
How working-time flexibility affects workers’ productivity in a routine job
Field experiment shows positive effects of allowing greater autonomy at work
October 4, 2019
Indoor air pollution hampers cognitive performance
Chess players make more mistakes when breathing dirtier air
August 9, 2019
Incentivizing learning-by-doing
Bonus payments may boost productivity and learning on the job
November 16, 2017
Economic costs of global warming
Climate change is considered one of the major challenges of the 21st century. While politicians and scientists at the COP23 […]
February 1, 2017
Three mechanisms to boost firm productivity
Monetary incentives are not always the most cost-effective way to make employees more productive. Three recent IZA World of Labor […]
January 12, 2017
The economics of mental health
Better treatment would more than pay for itself
March 18, 2016
How (lack of) sleep affects our economic behavior
Today is World Sleep Day! As recent IZA research shows, a good night of sleep is not just a matter […]
February 3, 2016
Employee incentives: Bonuses or penalties?
A large empirical literature supports the view that linking payment to performance is highly effective in raising productivity. However, often […]
December 8, 2015
Labor supply effects of winning a lottery
Economic theory provides ambiguous predictions about the effect of wage increases on the allocation of time between leisure and work. […]
August 27, 2015
How setting the right goals can boost business productivity
Businesses require motivated and productive employees. Monetary incentives, such as pay-for-performance schemes are a popular tool to encourage better employee […]
April 17, 2015
Air pollution impairs productivity of professional soccer players
Air pollution is the top environmental risk factor of premature death. Annual costs of environmental damage for the European countries […]
March 31, 2015
Robots at work: Boosting productivity without killing jobs?
What have industrial robots done for growth and employment? IZA affiliate Georg Graetz and Guy Michaels answer this question using […]
September 19, 2014
Ethnically diverse co-authors produce better research papers
Thinking about a new research paper? You may want to start searching for co-authors of different ethnicity. Statistically, this will […]
October 25, 2013
Relative bonus payment schemes do not increase performance
Many firms run employee-of-the-month or job promotion contests. Stock brokers get additional money if they beat the index. Bonus payment […]