infonet-economy

Parenthood increases gender inequality in paid (employment) and unpaid labor (e.g., caretaking). New parental leave plans aim to increase gender equality by reducing managerial discretion and offering gender-neutral benefits. However, coworkers may undermine these inclusive aims, particularly if they show variable support per employee characteristics. Thus, we examine why and how...

The analysis of large data sets can help to gain knowledge about specific organs or on specific diseases, just as big data analysis does in many non-medical areas. This article aims to gain information from 3D volumes, so the visual content of lung CT scans of a large number of patients. In the case of the described data set, only little annotation is available on the patients that...

Rezension zu "Jeder kann führen: Über moderne Führung zwischen Systemdenken und Menschlichkeit" von Timm Richter

Eine neue Generation meldet sich zu Wort
Die Vereinfachungskraft klaren Denkens wird hier eindrucksvoll demonstriert. Wem Peter Druckers "The Effective Executive" altmodisch erscheint, findet bei Richter eine zeitgemässe Fortschreibung.

We analyse the all-pay auction with incomplete information and variance-averse bidders. We characterise the unique symmetric equilibrium for general distributions of valuations and any number of bidders. Variance aversion is a sufficient assumption to predict that high-valuation bidders increase their bids relative to the risk-neutral case while low types decrease their bid....