scholarly journals Performance Pay and Multidimensional Sorting: Productivity, Preferences, and Gender

2011 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 556-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Dohmen ◽  
Armin Falk
Keyword(s):  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Performance Pay ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Payment Scheme ◽  
Piece Rate ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Sharing Scheme ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This paper studies the impact of incentives on worker self-selection in a controlled laboratory experiment. Subjects face the choice between a fixed and a variable payment scheme. Depending on the treatment, the variable payment is a piece rate, a tournament, or a revenue-sharing scheme. We find that output is higher in the variable-payment schemes compared to the fixed-payment scheme. This difference is largely driven by productivity sorting. In addition, different incentive schemes systematically attract individuals with different attitudes, such as willingness to take risks and relative self-assessment as well as gender, which underlines the importance of multidimensional sorting. (JEL C91, D81, D82, J16, J31)

The Impact of Direct Cash Payments on Whole Blood Supply

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. e973-e1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Becker ◽  
Harald Klüter ◽  
Alexandra Niessen-Ruenzi ◽  
Martin Weber
Keyword(s):  
Blood Supply ◽  
Whole Blood ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Monetary Incentives ◽  
Payment Scheme ◽  
Monetary Compensation ◽  
Payment Schemes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Complex Question

Abstract This paper investigates the impact of monetary incentives on whole blood donations. We take advantage of a quasi-natural experiment in Germany, in which one blood donation site changes its payment scheme from remunerated to non-remunerated. All other donation sites maintain their payment schemes. We show that donation volumes drop significantly after the pay drop and do not recuperate. At the same time, donation volumes increase at other paid donation sites, which is partly due to donor migration to these sites. We do not find any impact of the changed payment scheme on blood quality. Our results offer additional insight into the complex question whether it is efficient to ensure blood supply by paying donors a direct monetary compensation.

scholarly journals Determinan Pembiayaan Bagi Hasil Pada Perbankan Syariah

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yuridistya Primadhita ◽  
Anggraita Primatami ◽  
Susilowati Budiningsih
Keyword(s):  
Revenue Sharing ◽  
Profit Sharing ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Regression Methods ◽  
Sharing Scheme ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Conventional Banks ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Positive Effect

Pembiayaan bagi hasil bank syariah terbagi dalam bentuk pembiayaan mudharabah dan musyarakah yang didasarkan pada skema profit sharing atau revenue sharing. Skema ini sangat berbeda dengan kredit pada bank konvensional yang berbasis bunga. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh dana pihak ketiga (DPK), financing to deposit ratio (FDR), dan non performing financing (NPF) terhadap pembiayaan bagi hasil perbankan syariah di Indonesia. Penelitian terdiri atas 37 observasi meliputi periode September 2017 sampai dengan September 2020. Data dianalisis dengan metode regresi linier berganda. Penelitian menghasilkan temuan DPK dan FDR berpengaruh positif terhadap pembiayaan bagi hasil, sementara NPF berpengaruh negatif terhadap pembiayaan bagi hasil. Semakin rendah risiko bank, semakin tinggi pengumpulan dana nasabah, dan semakin besar rasio penyaluran pembiayaan berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan penyaluran pembiayaan berbasis bagi hasil pada perbankan syariah di Indonesia. Abstract Profit-sharing financing in Islamic banks is divided into mudharabah and musyarakah financing which is based on a profit-sharing or revenue sharing scheme. This scheme is very different from interest-based credit at conventional banks. This study aims to analyze the impact of third party funds (DPK), financing to deposit ratio (FDR), and non-performing financing (NPF) on the profit-sharing financing of Islamic banking in Indonesia. The study consisted of 37 observations covering the period September 2017 to September 2020. Data were analyzed using multiple linear regression methods. The results of the study showed that TPF and FDR had a positive effect on profit-sharing financing, while NPF had a negative effect on profit-sharing financing. The lower bank risk, the higher collection of customer funds, and the higher financing distribution ratio have an effect on increasing the distribution of profit sharing based financing in Islamic banking in Indonesia.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

Contact precautions for colonisation with multidrug-resistant organisms and haemodialysis patient quality of life and mood: a pilot case-control study

2019 ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rathika Krishnasamy
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Social Function ◽  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Contact Precautions ◽  
Dialysis Vintage ◽  
Multidrug Resistant Organisms ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Background: The rate of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) colonisation in dialysis populations has increased over time. This study aimed to assess the effect of contact precautions and isolation on quality of life and mood for haemodialysis (HD) patients colonised with MDRO. Methods: Patients undergoing facility HD completed the Kidney Disease Quality of Life (KDQOL–SFTM), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Personal Wellbeing-Index Adult (PWI-A). Patients colonised with MDRO were case-matched by age and gender with patients not colonised. Results: A total of 16 MDRO-colonised patients were matched with 16 controls. Groups were well matched for demographics and co-morbidities, other than a trend for older dialysis vintage in the MDRO group [7.2 years (interquartile range 4.6–10.0) compared to 3.2 (1.4–7.6) years, p=0.05]. Comparing MDRO-positive with negative patients, physical (30.5±10.7 vs. 34.6±7.3; p=0.2) and mental (46.5±11.2 vs. 48.5±12.5; p = 0.6) composite scores were not different between groups. The MDRO group reported poorer sleep quality (p=0.01) and sleep patterns (p=0.05), and lower social function (p=0.02). BDI scores were similar (MDRO-positive 10(3.5–21.0) vs. MDRO-negative 12(6.5–16.0), p=0.6). PWI-A scores were also similar in both groups; however, MDRO patients reported lower scores for “feeling safe”, p=0.03. Conclusion: While overall scores of quality of life and depression were similar between groups, the MDRO group reported poorer outcomes in sleep and social function. A larger cohort and qualitative interviews may give more detail of the impact of contact precautions and isolation on HD patients. The necessity for contact precautions for different MDRO needs consideration.

Novel Relations

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia Mireles Christoff
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Object Relations ◽  
George Eliot ◽  
Literary Form ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Victorian Novels ◽  
Victorian Fiction ◽  
Gender And Sexuality Studies ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This book engages twentieth-century post-Freudian British psychoanalysis in an unprecedented way: as literary theory. Placing the writing of figures like D. W. Winnicott, W. R. Bion, Michael and Enid Balint, Joan Riviere, Paula Heimann, and Betty Joseph in conversation with canonical Victorian fiction, the book reveals just how much object relations can teach us about how and why we read. These thinkers illustrate the ever-shifting impact our relations with others have on the psyche, and help us see how literary figures—characters, narrators, authors, and other readers—shape and structure us too. In the book, novels are charged relational fields. Closely reading novels by George Eliot and Thomas Hardy, the book shows that traditional understandings of Victorian fiction change when we fully recognize the object relations of reading. It is not by chance that British psychoanalysis illuminates underappreciated aspects of Victorian fiction so vibrantly: Victorian novels shaped modern psychoanalytic theories of psyche and relationality—including the eclipsing of empire and race in the construction of subject. Relational reading opens up both Victorian fiction and psychoanalysis to wider political and postcolonial dimensions, while prompting a closer engagement with work in such areas as critical race theory and gender and sexuality studies. The book describes the impact of literary form on readers and on twentieth- and twenty-first-century theories of the subject.

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