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on Microeconomic European Issues |
| By: | Lidia Farr; Libertad González Luna; Claudia Hupkau; Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela |
| Abstract: | We study the effect of paternity leave on early child development. We collect survey data on 5, 000 children under age six in Spain, and exploit several extensions of paternity leave that took place between 2017 and 2021. We follow a differences-indiscontinuities research design, based on the date of birth of each child and using cohorts born in non-reform years as controls. We show that the extensions led to significant increases in the length of leave taken by fathers, without affecting that of mothers, thus increasing parental time at home in the first year after birth. Eligibility for four additional weeks of paternity leave led to a significant 12 percentage-point increase in the fraction of children with developmental delays. We provide evidence for two potential mechanisms. First, children exposed to longer paternity leave spend less time alone with their mother, and more time with their father, during their first year of life. Second, treated children use less formal childcare. Our results suggest that paternity leave replaces higher-quality modes of early care. We conclude that the effects of parental leave policies on children depend crucially on the quality of parental versus counterfactual modes of childcare. |
| Date: | 2024–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:upf:upfgen:1892 |
| By: | Brandtjen, Roland |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses the transformative 2025 political agreement redefining Gibraltar's relationship with the European Union (EU) in the post-Brexit era. Historically a British Overseas Territory with strategic significance, Gibraltar has long occupied a unique legal and geopolitical position. The new agreement, negotiated by the United Kingdom, Spain, the EU, and Gibraltar, introduces a hybrid governance model that integrates Gibraltar into the Schengen Area and a bespoke customs union while preserving British sovereignty. This arrangement eliminates physical border controls with Spain, enhances economic connectivity, and introduces dual border checks at Gibraltar's port and airport. Drawing on historical treaties, legal frameworks, demographic data, and economic indicators, the study explores the implications of this model for sovereignty, identity, and European integration. Gibraltar's evolving identity-marked by strong Gibraltarian, British, and European affiliations- underscores the territory's complex sociopolitical landscape. Economically, the agreement opens new opportunities in trade, tourism, and financial services, while also presenting challenges related to sovereignty sensitivities and implementation logistics. The Gibraltar model exemplifies differentiated integration and offers a potential template for managing complex territorial arrangements in Europe. This study contributes to broader debates on flexible sovereignty, small-state resilience, and the future of EU external relations. |
| Keywords: | Gibraltar, European Union Integration, Post-Brexit Governance, Differentiated Integration, Border Governance |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:iubhbm:327998 |
| By: | Hainmueller, Jens; Marbach, Moritz; Hangartner, Dominik; Harder, Niklas; Vallizadeh, Ehsan |
| Abstract: | Governments continue to face challenges integrating refugees into the local labor market, and many past interventions have shown limited impact. This study examines the Job-Turbo program, a large-scale initiative launched by the German government in 2023 to accelerate employment among refugees—primarily individuals from Ukraine and eight other major countries of origin. Using monthly administrative panel data from Germany’s network of public employment service offices and a difference-in-differences design, we find that the program significantly increased both caseworker–refugee contact and job placements over a 23-month follow-up period. Among Ukrainian refugees, the exit-to-job rate nearly doubled. Effects were broad-based—spanning demographic subgroups, unemployment durations, skill levels, regions, and local labor-market conditions—and concentrated in regular, unsubsidized employment. The program also raised both the rate and share of sustained job placements, consistent with improved match quality. Other refugee groups saw meaningful gains as well, but increases in job placements were concentrated among males and in low-skilled jobs, with only limited effects for females. We detect no negative spillovers for German or other immigrant job seekers, finding no signs of either resource reallocation or displacement. The results offer insights for governments responding to displacement crises. They indicate that intensified job-search assistance---embedded within the early stage of integration and implemented at scale through public employment infrastructure---can meaningfully improve refugees' labor-market outcomes, even amid significant arrivals. |
| Date: | 2025–10–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:px9ew_v2 |
| By: | Hendrik Sonnabend (University of Hagen); Matthias Westphal (University of Hagen and RWI Essen) |
| Abstract: | Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we estimate how having children affects parents’ participation in arts, high- and lowbrow cultural activities, and sports. Identification combines three complementary, wellestablished strategies: (i) an event-study design around first births; (ii) twin births as exogenous shocks to second and third births; and (iii) sex-composition preferences as an exogenous driver of third births. Following first births, average participation falls by 13–54%, with event-study dynamics showing large short-run drops and a slow, incomplete recovery within ten years. We also document pronounced gender heterogeneity: mothers experience larger immediate declines, while fathers are more affected on the extensive margin (any participation). By contrast, effects of second and third births are mixed; when present, they are modest and tend to fade as children age. |
| Keywords: | Cultural participation, artistic activities, fertility, gender |
| JEL: | C36 J13 J16 Z1 |
| Date: | 2025–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cue:wpaper:awp-07-2025 |
| By: | David G. Blanchflower; Alex Bryson |
| Abstract: | We examine evidence on the well-being and ill-being of the young for 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study (GFS) 2022-2024 with the commonly used 12-component “flourishing” index and a new 4-component “not flourishing” index. Although flourishing is U-shaped in age in the pooled data it rises in age in 13 countries and declines in 7. By contrast, not-flourishing declines in age overall, and in each of its four components, and it declines in age in 15 of the 22 countries. We explore sensitivity of results to survey mode in countries using both computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI) and computer-assisted web-based interviews (CAWI). When CATI is used, the young are happier than other age groups, but the opposite is the case when data are collected via CAWI. We validate the findings with analyses from two other data sets. First, we construct flourishing and not flourishing indices using different variables for the four European countries in the GFS - Germany, Spain, Sweden and UK - from the interviewer based European Social Survey (ESS) of 2023-2024. As with the GFS, the not-flourishing data shows ill-being declines in age while the flourishing data is more mixed. Second, we examine the internet-based Global Minds (GM) surveys, 2020-2025, on the same group of countries, and find well-being rises in age for all in both flourishing and not-flourishing variables. We argue that trends in youth suicide, self-harm and mental health hospitalizations are consistent with the age patterns in the not-flourishing index and with the internet-based survey evidence from both the flourishing and not-flourishing indexes. |
| JEL: | I30 J13 |
| Date: | 2025–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34321 |
| By: | Mehrzad B. Baktash; John S. Heywood; Uwe Jirjahn |
| Abstract: | Using German survey data, we show conflicting influences of performance pay on overall life satisfaction. The overall influence reflects a strong positive influence through domains of life satisfaction associated with the job (job satisfaction, individual earnings satisfaction and household earning satisfaction) and a strong negative influence through domains away from the job (health satisfaction, sleep satisfaction and family life satisfaction). This trade-off between work and home generalizes and helps explain many previous studies examining much more specific consequences of performance pay. Finally, controlling for the mediating role of the domains, the direct influence on life satisfaction is positive for women and insignificantly different from zero for men. |
| Keywords: | Performance Pay, Life Satisfaction, Well-Being, Satisfaction Domains, Gender |
| JEL: | D10 J22 J33 M52 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:trr:wpaper:202508 |
| By: | Lukas Hauck, Nicola Stalder, Simon Büchler, Maximilian von Ehrlich |
| Abstract: | Tenancy rent control limits rent increases for sitting tenants while allowing market resets at vacancy. When demand grows or household composition differs across segments, spillovers raise rents in the unregulated market. We study its general equilibrium effects in Switzerland, where a nationwide regime meets large spatial variation. Linking administrative records on all households from 2010–2022 to detailed unit data and market rents, we estimate a structural sorting model with heterogeneous preferences, correcting for selection and price endogeneity. Counterfactual simulations show unregulated rents would be 8–21 percent lower, with the largest drops in supply-inelastic cities. Older, lower-income, and less educated households gain most, while newcomers face higher entry rents. The policy reduces mobility and induces space overconsumption, generating efficiency losses. |
| Keywords: | Rent Control, Residential Mobility, Inequality |
| JEL: | H7 H72 R23 R31 R38 |
| Date: | 2025–07 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ube:dpvwib:dp2507 |
| By: | Tang, William (University of Warwick) |
| Abstract: | This paper investigates whether a native’s local exposure to immigration affects their generalised trust, in the context of Germany during the 2014-16 European Refugee Crisis. While the literature has extensively studied the impacts of immigration and the determinants of trust separately, scant empirical work has sought to causally link the two ; this is despite the existence of several plausible theoretical mechanisms. Exploiting the quasi-random allocation of refugees across Germany’s federal states, I employ two identification strategies : a Two-Way Fixed Effects model and a Difference-in-Differences model – the latter being my preferred approach, as it more effectively leverages the exogenous variation induced by the European Refugee Crisis. Across both models, I find no evidence of a causal effect of immigration exposure on trust. This result holds over a battery of robustness checks, including heterogeneity analysis, dynamic treatment effect specifications, and alternative scalings/measures of generalised trust. In doing so, I offer one of the first empirical attempts to causally bridge two previously separate literatures, and suggest that generalised trust may be less relevant than other social/cultural outcomes (e.g. political attitudes or crime perception) when designing immigration related policies. |
| Keywords: | immigration ; generalised trust ; European Refugee Crisis ; Germany ; social cohesion JEL classifications: J15 ; O15 ; J61 ; O10 ; Z13 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wrk:wrkesp:90 |
| By: | Brimblecombe, Nicola; Cartagena-Farias, Javiera; Stevens, Madeleine; Rajagopalan, Jayeeta; Hu, Bo |
| Abstract: | Good quality housing is an important part of supporting people with care needs and improving lives but not much is known about how care use (formal and/or unpaid) might be related to housing, especially non-specialized housing where most older people live. Our study aimed to explore this relationship. Methods comprised secondary analysis of quantitative data from a large representative sample, the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2012/2013 to 2018/2019), and semi-structured in-depth interviews with 72 people aged 65 and older with care needs and/or their unpaid carers living in five localities in England. We found that poor quality or unsuitable housing affected care use indirectly through increasing or precipitating care needs thus necessitating care and support, and directly through being a barrier to receiving care; the latter sometimes resulting in unmet need for support. Our paper thus contributes to the understanding of the relationship between non-specialized housing and care use and of the wider factors shaping unmet need for care. |
| Keywords: | housing; housing problems; long-term/social care; formal care; unpaid care; unmet need for care |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2025–10–02 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:129559 |
| By: | Dan Anderberg; Line Hjorth Andersen; N. Meltem Daysal; Mette Ejrnæs |
| Abstract: | We study the effects of a parental leave reform in Denmark in 2002 on intimate partner violence (IPV) contacts. The reform extended leave-taking among mothers but not fathers and led to a marked reduction in IPV incidence, specifically among mothers with below-median years of education. Analysis of further outcomes suggests that increased birth spacing is a key mechanism linking extended parental leave to reduced IPV risk. |
| Keywords: | intimate partner violence, parental leave |
| JEL: | J12 I38 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12189 |
| By: | Jane Greve; Mette T. Jensen; Esben Agerbo; John Cawley |
| Abstract: | This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of early-life health on education by estimating the effect of genetic predisposition to a higher body mass index (BMI) on educational attainment and related outcomes. The identification strategy exploits the randomness in which genes one inherits from one's parents by estimating sibling fixed effects models of the polygenic score for a higher BMI. These models are estimated using rich administrative data from Denmark for over 14, 000 full siblings. We find that a one-standard-deviation increase in the genetic predisposition to a higher BMI is associated with a 1.4 percentage point (4.4%) lower probability of earning a high school diploma, a 1.7 percentage point (12.3%) lower probability of a college degree, and a 1.7 percentage point (3.7%) higher probability of vocational training. An investigation into mechanisms suggests that youth with a greater genetic predisposition to a higher BMI are more likely to report being bullied, have greater school absences, and lower test scores. |
| JEL: | I1 I14 I2 I23 I24 J13 |
| Date: | 2025–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nbr:nberwo:34322 |
| By: | Arnault Violet (AMU - Aix Marseille Université, Académie d'Aix-Marseille, CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille - AMU - Aix Marseille Université - UTLN - Université de Toulon, AMU IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises (IAE) - Aix-en-Provence - AMU - Aix Marseille Université, AMU ECO - Aix-Marseille Université - Faculté d'économie et de gestion - AMU - Aix Marseille Université) |
| Abstract: | The long-term survival of France's SMEs is a major economic and social challenge. The ageing of business owners, coupled with a decline in the number of company takeovers, threatens many SMEs, weakening the local economic fabric. Employee ownership, through collective transfers to employees, appears to be a relevant solution, enabling employees to buy out their company together. Despite its potential, collective transfers to employees are struggling to develop in French SMEs. Specific schemes such as the FCPE de reprise or the SCOP d'amorçage exist, but their implementation has often ended in failure, in contrast to international models such as the ESOP plan in the United States. This raises the question of the obstacles and levers to the development of employee ownership in French SMEs, as part of a collective transfer to employees. To answer this question, our research is based on an exploratory qualitative study of interviews with experts. This article highlights the obstacles and levers influencing the development of collective transfers of SMEs to employees, both in terms of existing schemes in France, such as the FCPE de reprise and the SCOP d'amorçage, and in terms of more structural dynamics on a national scale. Lastly, it suggests possible reforms to enhance the effectiveness and spread of the FCPE de reprise, with a view to conceiving the company as a social institution. |
| Abstract: | La survie à long terme des PME françaises constitue un enjeu économique et social majeur. Le vieillissement des dirigeants, conjugué à la baisse du nombre de reprises d'entreprises, menace de nombreuses PME et fragilise le tissu économique local. L'actionnariat salarié, à travers les transmissions collectives aux salariés, apparaît comme une solution pertinente, permettant aux employés de racheter collectivement leur entreprise. Malgré ce potentiel, les transmissions collectives aux salariés peinent à se développer dans les PME françaises. Des dispositifs spécifiques tels que le FCPE de reprise ou la SCOP d'amorçage existent, mais leur mise en œuvre s'est souvent soldée par des échecs, contrairement à des modèles internationaux comme le plan ESOP aux États-Unis. Cela soulève la question des obstacles et des leviers au développement de l'actionnariat salarié dans les PME françaises, dans le cadre de transmissions collectives aux salariés. Pour y répondre, notre recherche repose sur une étude qualitative exploratoire fondée sur des entretiens avec des experts. Cet article met en lumière les obstacles et leviers qui influencent le développement des transmissions collectives de PME aux salariés, tant en ce qui concerne les dispositifs existants en France, tels que le FCPE de reprise et la SCOP d'amorçage, qu'en ce qui concerne des dynamiques plus structurelles à l'échelle nationale. Enfin, il propose des pistes de réforme pour renforcer l'efficacité et la diffusion du FCPE de reprise, dans une perspective de refondation de l'entreprise en tant qu'institution sociale. |
| Keywords: | social institution, SME, collective transfer to employees, FCPE de reprise, employee buyout, employee stock ownership, employee ownership, capital concentration, responsible governance, economic sustainability, SCOP d'amorçage, employee ownership employee stock ownership employee buyout collective transfer to employees SME ESOP EOT SCOP cooperative responsible governance social institution economic sustainability wealth redistribution capital concentration economic inequality employee savings gift theory SCOP d'amorçage FCPE de reprise, cooperative, EOT, ESOP, SCOP d’amorçage, gift theory, employee savings, economic inequality, wealth redistribution, SCOP, rachat par les salariés, actionnariat salarié, transmission collective aux salariés, PME, coopérative, reprise entreprise, gouvernance responsable, institution sociale, durabilité économique, redistribution de la richesse, concentration du capital, partage de la valeur, inégalités économiques, épargne salariale, théorie du don |
| Date: | 2025–08–28 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05292818 |
| By: | Sabrina Pisano (PARTHENOPE - Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” = University of Naples); Luigi Lepore (PARTHENOPE - Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” = University of Naples); Raffaela Nastari (PARTHENOPE - Università degli Studi di Napoli “Parthenope” = University of Naples); Bakr Al‐gamrh (ESC [Rennes] - ESC Rennes School of Business) |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the relationship between corporate governance characteristics and environmental decoupling, that is, the misalignment between environmental disclosure and environmental performance. We analyze a sample of 728 European companies (3061 firm-year observations) belonging to 18 industries and 20 different countries from 2017 to 2023. The results show that companies tend not to disclose all the environmental actions implemented, indicating underreporting behavior. The results also reveal that board independence, board gender diversity, and the presence of a CSR committee mostly foster a reduction in environmental decoupling. Furthermore, these corporate governance characteristics are also found to be effective mechanisms in enhancing companies' environmental performance. However, only the presence of a CSR committee has a strong positive effect on the quantity of environmental information disclosed. Although companies tend to underreport environmental data, the level of environmental decoupling decreased in 2023, demonstrating that the introduction of more stringent requirements for environmental disclosure (i.e., the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive 2022/2464/EU) could promote better alignment between sustainability disclosure and performance. The findings provide important recommendations for companies, regulators, and standard setters on how to design and configure the board of directors to align environmental disclosure and performance.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
| Keywords: | independent board member, disclosure-performance gap, CSR committee, Corporate social responsibility, Board gender diversity, Agency theory |
| Date: | 2025–05–19 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05245351 |
| By: | Hanna Brosch; Philipp Lergetporer; Florian Schoner |
| Abstract: | Firm training is key to meeting changing skill demands, yet little is known about the role of workers’ beliefs in shaping training participation. In a survey of 3, 701 workers in Germany, we document that they expect substantial returns to firm training – both in terms of earnings and non-pecuniary outcomes such as promotion chances, job task complexity, or enjoyment. These beliefs predict actual and intended training participation. Lower-skilled workers anticipate smaller non-pecuniary returns, partly explaining their lower uptake. An information treatment addressing return beliefs significantly increases training intentions among lower-skilled workers, suggesting that targeting beliefs may help narrow participation gaps between lower- and higher-skilled workers. |
| Keywords: | beliefs, firm training, skill mismatch, human capital, survey |
| JEL: | J24 J31 D83 I21 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12183 |
| By: | Elena Bellio (Venice School of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice); Francesco Casarin (Venice School of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice); Massimiliano Nuccio (Venice School of Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venice) |
| Abstract: | The concept of Digital Transformation has been the subject of extensive research, yet it remains difficult to define it with precision. What is universally acknowledged is that Digital Transformation represents a significant shift that can be revolutionary for an organization or even an entire industry. However, there has been relatively little investigation into how cultural institutions, particularly museums, engage with this phenomenon. Most studies tend to adopt a case study approach that focuses on the implementation of a single digital solution, often neglecting the broader context. Additionally, research in marketing typically emphasizes the visitor experience, largely underestimating the perspectives of museum management. The present study follows a literature review design by deepening the knowledge on different steams of previous research. Studies on digital transformation and technology adoption are taken into account in building the conclusion. Through this comprehensive investigation, a contribution is given to the digital evolution in cultural management providing valuable insights specifically oriented to museums |
| Keywords: | digital transformation, museums, Italy, innovation process |
| Date: | 2024–12 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:vnm:wpdman:218 |
| By: | Celine Bonnet; Fabrice Etile; Sebastien Lecocq |
| Abstract: | Reforming alcohol price regulations in wine-producing countries is challenging, as current price regulations reflect the alignment of cultural preferences with economic interests rather than public health concerns. We evaluate and compare the impact of counterfactual alcohol pricing policies on consumer behaviors, firms, and markets in France. We develop a micro-founded partial equilibrium model that accounts for consumer preferences over purchase volumes across alcohol categories and over product quality within categories, and for firms' strategic price-setting. After calibration on household scanner data, we compare the impacts of replacing current taxes by ethanol-based volumetric taxes with a minimum unit price (MUP) policy of 0.50 Euro per standard drink. The results show that the MUP in addition to the current tax outperforms a tax reform in reducing ethanol purchases (-15% vs. -10% for progressive taxation), especially among heavy drinking households (-17%). The MUP increases the profits of small and medium wine firms (+39%) while decreasing the profits of large manufacturers and retailers (-39%) and maintaining tax revenues stable. The results support the MUP as a targeted strategy to reduce harmful consumption while benefiting small and medium wine producers. This study provides ex-ante evidence that is crucial for alcohol pricing policies in wine-producing countries. |
| Date: | 2025–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2509.14116 |
| By: | Brandtjen, Roland |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the formation of European identity across European regions between 2019 and 2024. Drawing on Self-Categorization and Social Identity Theory, European identity (EI) is conceptualized as a collective identity rooted in shared democratic values, human rights, and the rule of law, rather than common language or ethnicity. A multilingual survey was conducted using snowball sampling across EU members, microstates, and autonomous territories. The analysis reveals significant regional disparities in EI, with stronger affiliations in regions more integrated into EU structures and weaker identification in areas with greater autonomy or historical detachment. Demographic variables such as age, gender, income, and education show weak correlations with EI. However, professional roles consistently emerge as a stronger predictor, particularly in public service and internationally engaged occupations. Notably, education often correlates negatively suggesting critical engagement with supranational governance. Temporal and regional variations underscore the fluid and context-dependent nature of identity formation. It highlights the importance of institutional, cultural, and occupational factors in shaping EI and suggest that efforts to foster cohesion should focus on professional and educational environments. This research contributes to the discourse on European integration and identity politics, offering empirical insights into how identities evolve in response to shifting societal landscapes. |
| Keywords: | European Identity, Regional Variation, Multilingual Survey, Demographic Correlates, Virtual Snowball Sampling |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:iubhbm:327997 |
| By: | Maja Adena; Levent Neyse; Steffen Huck |
| Abstract: | While almost all charities rely on a set of donor appreciation strategies, their effectiveness for the success of fundraising campaigns is underresearched. Through two preregistered field studies conducted in collaboration with a leading German opera house (N=10, 000), we explore the significance of expressing gratitude and examine two different approaches to doing so. Our first study investigates the impact of a "thank you in advance" statement in fundraising letters, a common strategy among fundraisers. In the second study, we explore the effectiveness of handwritten thank-you postcards versus printed postcards, shedding light on the roles of personalization and handwriting in donor appeals. Our findings challenge conventional wisdom, revealing that neither “thank you in advance” nor handwritten thank-you notes significantly affect donor contributions. |
| Keywords: | gratitude in fundraising, charitable giving, behavioral economics |
| JEL: | D64 C93 D03 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12184 |
| By: | Pierre Quesson (Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres); Cédric Dalmasso (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Laure Muselli (SES - Département Sciences économiques et sociales - LTCI - Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information - Télécom ParisTech - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris] - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | Digital transformation of organizations represents a complex and uncertain organizational change, in which emotional stakes and emotion management processes are essential to understand. We position our work within the theoretical framework of emotion regulation in the context of change, aiming to identify the factors that explain its effectiveness. Drawing on a case study of the transformation of a large French industrial company, we analyze the emotion regulation efforts initiated within the organization, involving multiple groups of actors, and how these efforts are received by operational teams in light of their lived experiences of change. We identify two key factors influencing the effectiveness of emotion regulation, expressed in terms of distance between actors: the distance in interests—whether oriented toward change or continuity—and the distance from operational roles. The concept of Temporal-Occupational Distance emerges as a moderator of emotion regulation efforts in organizations, contributing to the distribution of roles among different actor groups within such initiatives. |
| Abstract: | La transformation digitale des organisations représente un changement organisationnel complexe et incertain dans lequel les enjeux émotionnels et les processus de gestion des émotions apparaissent essentiels à comprendre. Nous nous inscrivons dans le champ théorique de la régulation émotionnelle en contexte de changement afin de comprendre les facteurs expliquant son efficacité. En mobilisant un cas de transformation d'une grande entreprise industrielle française, nous analysons les efforts de régulation émotionnelle initiés au sein de l'organisation mettant en jeu plusieurs groupes d'acteurs et leur réception par les métiers opérationnels, à l'aune de leurs expériences vécues du changement. Nous trouvons deux facteurs intervenant sur l'efficacité de la régulation émotionnelle s'exprimant en termes de distance entre acteurs, la distance entre l'intérêt des acteurs, orientés vers le changement ou la continuité de l'activité, et la distance aux métiers. La notion de Distance Temporalité -Métier émerge comme modérateur des efforts de régulation émotionnelle dans les organisations, et contribue à distribuer la place des différents groupes d'acteurs dans de tels dispositifs. |
| Keywords: | organizational change, digital transformation, emotions, emotion regulation, lived experiences, changement organisationnel, transformation digitale, émotions, régulation émotionnelle, expériences vécues |
| Date: | 2025–06–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05249526 |
| By: | Dagiene, Eleonora (Mykolas Romeris University); Aibar, Eduard |
| Abstract: | National research assessment policies, designed to boost international competitiveness, have intensified “publish or perish” pressures and reshaped the global academic publishing landscape. However, the impact of these pressures on the domestic publishing infrastructures of semi-peripheral nations remains underexplored. This paper investigates how a nation’s domestic publishing infrastructure shapes whether new, high-volume open-access publishing models function as a portfolio addition or a systemic substitute. Using a comparative mixed-methods analysis of Spain and Lithuania, we combine bibliometric data from the Web of Science (2004–2024) with 28 semi-structured interviews with researchers. The findings reveal two divergent, rational strategies. In Spain, a resilient domestic publishing infrastructure, accommodated by a flexible evaluation system, allowed researchers to adopt new publishers as a pragmatic portfolio addition to an already diverse set of options. In stark contrast, Lithuanian research assessment policies actively marginalised domestic journals, creating acute strain on the country’s publishing ecosystem. Researchers in Lithuania thus adopted these same new publishing models as a systemic substitute and a survival measure. We conclude that control over a community-managed domestic publishing infrastructure is a key factor shaping the autonomy of a national academic system. It is this infrastructure that separates a strategy of dependent displacement from one of autonomous coexistence: a crucial lesson for policymakers engaged in global research assessment reforms. |
| Date: | 2025–10–01 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:ucgzm_v1 |
| By: | Giulia Briselli; Libertad González Luna |
| Abstract: | We propose that men’s reluctance to increase their participation in childcare and household chores is an important factor keeping both fertility and women’s employment low in Europe. We first show that, over time, European women express a stronger desire for men increasing their participation in home production. This trend is not observed for men. We propose a toy model of the household that illustrates how men’s refusal to contribute to childcare can have negative effects on both fertility and women’s labor supply. Finally, we use cross-country panel data and a two-way fixed effects specification to show that countries where the gender divergence in attitudes is more pronounced display both lower birth-rates and lower female employment rates. |
| Keywords: | fertility , gender norms , female labor force participation |
| JEL: | J13 J16 J21 |
| Date: | 2025–09 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:upf:upfgen:1916 |
| By: | Harald Mayr; Mateus Souza |
| Abstract: | We leverage quasi-experimental variation to study how group size influences free-riding behavior within a high-expense environment. When buildings lack apartment-specific heat meters, tenants use simple heuristics to split a common bill. We estimate that the staggered rollout of a corrective technology, "submetering, " reduces heating expenses by 17%, on average. Machine learning techniques uncover substantial heterogeneity, consistent with strategic exit of free-riders and coordination failures in large buildings. Tenants in smaller buildings show minimal response and are surprisingly price elastic. Only a minority of households exploits the free-riding incentives. Targeted submetering policies can be much more cost-effective than universal mandates. |
| Keywords: | free-riding, submetering, individual billing, heating energy, tragedy of the commons, welfare |
| JEL: | D62 Q41 Q52 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ces:ceswps:_12185 |
| By: | Juan Carlos Angulo (Department of Economics, Universidad Iberoamericana); Aldo Gutierrez-Mendieta (School of Social Sciences and Government, Tecnologico de Monterrey) |
| Abstract: | How does exposure to multiple, sometimes conflicting, news stories influence individuals’ consumption choices? We address this question through a survey experiment in which participants are randomly assigned to receive one or two news headlines related to avocado consumption.These vignettes present either a positive framing (health benefits) or negative consequences, such as environmental damage or links to organized crime. After each exposure, we measure participants’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a standard product using a contingent valuation method. Our findings show that the content and emotional framing of information matter more than the number of exposures. The strongest effect comes from conflict-related news, which significantly reduces WTP. When participants receive two headlines, the second exposure tends to drive the response, especially in cases with conflicting information. Overall, these results suggest that consumers react not only to the presence of information but also to how it is framed. Even when the product remains unchanged, the tone and content of the message influence economic decisions in subtle but measurable ways. |
| JEL: | D91 Q18 D83 |
| Date: | 2025–09–17 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smx:wpaper:2025005 |