John S. Heywood

University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Professor of Economics and Director of the Graduate Program in Human Resources and Labor Relations

3210 N. Maryland Avenue, Bolton Hall 802

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Milwaukee, WI 53211

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1.

Performance Pay, Sorting and the Dimensions of Job Satisfaction

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 May 2007
Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Performance Pay, Job Satisfaction

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Performance Pay, Risk Attitudes and Job Satisfaction

SOEPpaper No. 136
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Oct 2008
Thomas Cornelissen, John S. Heywood and Uwe Jirjahn
University College London, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Trier - Faculty of Economics
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Performance Pay, Worker Heterogeneity, Ability, Risk Preferences, Sorting

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Understanding the Labour Market for Older Workers: A Survey

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4033
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 02 Mar 2009
John S. Heywood and Stanley Siebert
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Business School, University of Birmingham
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mandatory retirement, deferred pay, age discrimination, older workers

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Are Flexible Contracts Bad for Workers? Evidence from Job Satisfaction Data

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2008
Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Flexible Contracts, Job Satisfaction, Job Security

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The Implicit Costs and Benefits of Family Friendly Work Practices

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 06 May 2005
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College
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family friendly work practices, hedonic equilibrium, compensating wage differential, legislative impact assessment

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High Performance Workplaces and Family Friendly Practices: Promises Made and Promises Kept

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1812
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 07 Nov 2005
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College
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high performance workplaces, family friendly practices, motivation, work incentives

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The Consequences of a Piece Rate on Quantity and Quality: Evidence from a Field Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7660
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 19 Oct 2013
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College
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piece rate, monitoring, shirking, quantity and quality trade off, field experiment, worker committment

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Profit Sharing, Separation and Training

Lancaster University Management School Working Paper No. 2007/031
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 17 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 27 Jul 2009
Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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profit shares, performance pay, training, turnover

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Locus of Control and Performance Appraisal

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10288
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 31 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2023
John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn and Cornelia Struewing
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of Trier - Faculty of Economics and University of Trier
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extrinsic rewards, sorting, performance pay, performance appraisal, risk attitude, locus of control, intrinsic motivation

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Job Satisfaction and the Labor Market Institutions in Urban China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4254
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 30 Jun 2009
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College
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job satisfaction, internal migrants, party membership, China

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Piece Rates and Workplace Injury: Does Survey Evidence Support Adam Smith?

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 01 Jul 2010
Keith A. Bender, Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
University of Aberdeen - Business School, Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Piece Rates, Injury

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Cooperative Merger and Joint Maximization Under Sequential Entry

Lancaster University Management School Working Paper No. 2003/016
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Aug 2003
R. Rothschild, John S. Heywood and Kristen A. Monaco
Lancaster University - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and California State University, Long Beach - Department of Economics
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Spatial price discrimination, sequential entry, cooperative merger, merger paradox, multi-plant location

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Flexible Work Organization and Employer Provided Training: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11696
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
Annika Campaner, John S. Heywood and Uwe Jirjahn
University of Trier, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Trier - Faculty of Economics
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skill-biased organizational change, multitasking, delegation, training

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Examining the Determinants of Agency Work: Do Family Friendly Practices Play a Role?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2413
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Nov 2006
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College
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agency work, family friendly work practices, maternity leave, workplace nurseries, flexitime

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Product Market Competition and Employer Provided Training in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11054
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Oct 2017
John S. Heywood, Uwe Jirjahn and Annika Pfister
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, University of Trier - Faculty of Economics and University of Trier
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competition, employer provided training, manufacturing, services

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Unions and Plant Closings in Britain: New Evidence from the 1990/98 WERS

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 11 Sep 2001
John T. Addison, John S. Heywood and Xiangdong Wei
University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business - Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Lingnan College
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Union Recognition, Union Coverage, Plant Closures, WERS

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Performance Pay and Work Hours: Us Survey Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15412
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Jul 2022
Benjamin Artz and John S. Heywood
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh - College of Business and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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performance related pay, hours worked

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Does Performance Pay Influence Hours of Work?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15474
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Aug 2022
Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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performance related pay, working hours

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Profit Sharing and the Quality of Relations with the Boss

Lancaster University Management School Working Paper No. 2008/013
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 25 Sep 2008
Colin P. Green and John S. Heywood
Department of Economics and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Mutual Monitoring, Job Satisfaction, Supervision

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The Impact of Employment Protection on the Industrial Wage Structure

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11788
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 17 Sep 2018
John S. Heywood, Mary O'Mahony, Stanley Siebert and Ana Rincon-Aznar
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Business School, University of Birmingham and National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
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employment protection legislation, labour regulation, compensating wage differentials, education and inequality, labour organisation, layoffs

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Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14939
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 May 2022 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2022
Mehrzad Baktash, John S. Heywood and Uwe Jirjahn
University of Trier, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Trier - Faculty of Economics
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stress, worker health, performance pay, risk tolerance

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Educational Mismatch Among Ph.D.S: Determinants and Consequences

NBER Working Paper No. w12693
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Nov 2006 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2022
Keith A. Bender and John S. Heywood
University of Aberdeen - Business School and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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Performance Pay and Alcohol Use in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14205
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 27 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 Sep 2022
Mehrzad Baktash, John S. Heywood and Uwe Jirjahn
University of Trier, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Trier - Faculty of Economics
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performance pay, alcohol, stress

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Raising Rivals’ Costs in a Mixed Oligopoly

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 26 Dec 2023
Kenneth Fjell, John S. Heywood and Debashis Pal
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Cincinnati
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mixed oligopoly, domestic welfare, raising rivals' costs

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Keeping Mobile Firms at Home: The Role of Public Enterprise

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Oct 2023
Kenneth Fjell, Debashis Pal and John S. Heywood
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law, University of Cincinnati and University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee
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international mobility, mixed oligopoly, partial privatization, domestic welfare

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Understanding the Labour Market for Older Workers

Institute of Economic Affairs Monographs, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 01 Jun 2023
Institute of Economic Affairs Submitter, John S. Heywood and Stanley Siebert
Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Business School, University of Birmingham
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Patent Licensing in a Model of Spatial Price Discrimination

Papers in Regional Science, Vol. 90, 2011
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
John S. Heywood and Guangliang Ye
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Renmin University of China - Hanqing Institute

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Delegation in a Mixed Oligopoly: The Case of Multiple Private Firms

Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 71-82, 2009
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2012
John S. Heywood and Guangliang Ye
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Renmin University of China - Hanqing Institute

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Optimal Privatization in a Mixed Duopoly with Consistent Conjectures

Journal of Economics, Vol. 101, 2010
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
John S. Heywood and Guangliang Ye
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Renmin University of China - Hanqing Institute

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Piece Rates for Professors

Economics Letters, Vol. 113, 2011
Posted: 06 Jan 2012
John S. Heywood, Xiangdong Wei and Guangliang Ye
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Lingnan College and Renmin University of China - Hanqing Institute

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Mixed Oligopoly and Spatial Price Discrimination with Foreign Firms

Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 39, 2009
Posted: 06 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2012
John S. Heywood and Guangliang Ye
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Renmin University of China - Hanqing Institute

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Public Sector Earnings Comparability: Alternative Estimates for the U.S. Postal Service

Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations, Vol. 57, No. 4, 2002
Posted: 26 Aug 2010
Dale Belman, John S. Heywood and Paula B. Voos
Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Labor Program

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The Implicit Wage Costs of Family Friendly Work Practices

Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 59, Issue 2, pp. 275-300, 2007
Posted: 24 Jun 2008
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College

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JEL classifications: J31, J32

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Payment Schemes and Gender in Germany

Posted: 10 Apr 2003
John S. Heywood and Uwe Jirjahn
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and University of Trier - Faculty of Economics

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piece rates, profit sharing, premium pay, expected tenure, teamwork

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Worker Sorting and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Union and Government Jobs

Posted: 17 Jun 2002
John S. Heywood, Stanley Siebert and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Business School, University of Birmingham and Lingnan College

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The Determinants of Hiring Older Workers: Evidence from Hong Kong

Posted: 11 May 1999
John S. Heywood, Lok Sang Ho, Lok Sang Ho and Xiangdong Wei
University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Chu Hai College of Higher EducationChu Hai College of Higher Education and Lingnan College

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Public Sector Earnings and the Extent of Unionization

INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR RELATIONS REVIEW, July 1997
Posted: 26 Mar 1997
Dale Belman, John S. Heywood and John Lund
Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and Iowa Department of Education

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