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The diffusion of pay for performance across occupations
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
In this paper the differences in the incidence of pay for performance plans between occupations in a sample of Spanish manufacturing establishments are analysed. Our results show that there are significant differences ...
Performance appraisal: dimensions and determinants
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
The determinants of the dimensions that shape a formal system of performance appraisal are studied in relation to a sample of Spanish manufacturing establishments. In particular, the factors that influence the measures ...
Incentives beyond the money: identity and motivational capital in public organizations
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
This paper explores optimality of contracts and incentives when the principal (public organisation) can undertake investments to change agents’ (public workers) identity. In the model, workers within the organisation can ...
Non-elective cesarean sections in public hospitals: hospital capacity constraints and doctor´s incentives
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
Using administrative records of births from the Perinatal Surveillance System of the Social Security System (ESSALUD) in Peru, we test whether high admissions of pregnant women affected unplanned cesarean section rates in ...
Enrolling the self-employed in mandatory health insurance in Colombia: are we missing other factors?
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
We assess the impact that Colombia’s 1993 health sector reform had on the enrollment of self-employed workers in mandatory social health insurance scheme, with a especial focus on the independent contractors. This group ...
Motivational capital and incentives in health care organisations
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
This paper explores optimal incentive schemes in public health institutions when agents (doctors) are intrinsically motivated. We develop a principal-agent dynamic model with moral hazard in which agents’ intrinsic motivation ...
Cost sharing and hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
In this paper, we study the effect of ambulatory and hospital coinsurance rates on HACSC among individuals with private insurance in Chile. During the last decade, Chile´s private health sector has experienced a dramatic ...
A simple test for the equality of integration orders
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
A necessary condition for two time series to be nontrivially cointegrated is the equality of their respective integration orders. Thus, it is standard practice to test for order homogeneity prior to testing for cointegration. ...
The great moderation of inflation: a structural analysis of recent U.S. monetary business cycles
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
U.S. inflation has experienced a great moderation in the last two decades. This paper examines the factors behind this and other stylized facts, such as the weaker correlation of inflation and nominal interest rate (Gibson ...
El trabajo forzado en infraestructuras ferroviarias bajo el franquismo (1938 – 1957): una estimación cuantitativa
(2012)
Documento de trabajo / Lan gaiak,
En este artículo se aborda el trabajo de presos y prisioneros de guerra en la ampliación y reconstrucción de vías férreas durante la guerra civil española y la dictadura franquista. En una primera parte se presentan los ...