Posts tagged with 'productivity'
November 11, 2024
Rising temperatures hurt Europe’s economy
New study highlights the productivity impact of global warming
July 1, 2023
What drives high self-employment in poor countries?
New study highlights links to the attractiveness of wage employment, shocks to jobs, and job finding rates
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
September 23, 2020
When is the most productive time of day?
Peak performance on cognitive tasks occurs around lunchtime
August 9, 2019
Incentivizing learning-by-doing
Bonus payments may boost productivity and learning on the job
October 29, 2018
Individuals with criminal records may stay in their jobs longer
Hiring former inmates could make sense both on efficiency and on moral grounds
August 7, 2018
Britain’s got talent
Developing it could be key to solving the productivity puzzle post-Brexit
January 17, 2018
What drives the gender pay gap?
The earnings differential between men and women is a recurring topic in academic research and policy debates. While the gender […]
July 11, 2017
Long-term unemployed through the eyes of recruiters: Less motivated, less talented and less trainable
Recent research has shown that employers are reluctant to hire long-term unemployed: the longer job candidates’ unemployment spell, the lower […]
May 5, 2017
Do longer working hours decrease performance?
Working hours vary substantially, both between and within countries, due to differences in the regulation of the standard workweek and […]
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
December 3, 2015
Happy birthday, you’re fired! Effects of the age-dependent minimum wage in the Netherlands
The effects of the minimum wage on youth employment flows are at the focal point of the current policy debate […]
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 […]
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 […]
November 24, 2014
Stealing to survive: Crime rates rise in response to poor harvest
Between 1863 and 1890, phylloxera (an insect which attacks grapevine roots) destroyed about 40% of the French vineyards. The crisis […]
October 23, 2014
Can migration boost incomes, happiness and freedom satisfaction?
By Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova The recent economic crisis and the subsequent lagging economic recovery renewed the immigration debate […]
August 5, 2014
Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab
Individual differences in cognitive abilities measures such as IQ cannot fully explain the wage variation across workers, nor the intergenerational […]
February 10, 2014
Business visits increase productivity
According to the International Air Transport Association, each year several hundred million workers carry out an international business trip, that […]
November 1, 2013
How to manage the quality-quantity tradeoff
A commonly acknowledged problem in running a business is that the more that is produced, the lower the quality due […]
October 14, 2013
Peer effects at work are smaller than often suggested
What happens to a worker’s own productivity if one of her less productive colleagues is replaced by a highly productive […]
September 20, 2013
How to motivate workers? Money versus mission
How much harder do people work when they believe in the mission of their organization? And equally important: How much […]
July 1, 2013
How being a victim of school bullying affects your labor market career
Do victims of bullying at school still suffer later in their working lives? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nick […]
April 8, 2013
Older people are less productive: Evidence from professional chess players
Do people become less productive when they grow old? According to a new IZA Discussion Paper by Marco Bertoni, Giorgio […]