Jed DeVaro

California State University, East Bay

The Wang Family Professor

25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard

Hayward, CA California 94542

United States

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Gender Bias in Power Relationships: Evidence from Police Traffic Stops

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 23 Jul 2007
Garrick Blalock, Jed DeVaro, Stephanie Leventhal and Daniel H. Simon
Cornell University - School of Applied Economics and Management, California State University, East Bay, Cornell University and Indiana University Bloomington - O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
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Gender discrimination, police, traffic stops

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Job Characteristics and Labor Market Discrimination in Promotions: New Theory and Empirical Evidence

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Aug 2012
Jed DeVaro, Suman Ghosh and Cindy Zoghi
California State University, East Bay, Florida Atlantic University - Department of Economics and U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Discrimination, Promotions, Asymmetric Information

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Compensation and Intrinsic Motivation in Nonprofit and For-Profit Organizations

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Jul 2015
Jed DeVaro, Nan L. Maxwell and Hodaka Morita
California State University, East Bay, Mathematica Policy Research and Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Economic Research
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nonprofits, incentive pay, intrinsic motivation, compensating differentials, fringe benefits, training

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Strategic Shirking: A Theoretical Analysis of Multitasking and Specialization

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Strategic Shirking: A Theoretical Analysis of Multitasking and Specialization

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2014
Jed DeVaro and Oliver Gürtler
California State University, East Bay and University of Cologne
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multitasking, specialization, product market volatility, job design, strategic shirking

Strategic Shirking: A Theoretical Analysis of Multitasking and Specialization

International Economic Review, Vol. 57, Issue 2, pp. 507-532, 2016
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Apr 2016
Jed DeVaro and Oliver Gürtler
California State University, East Bay and University of Cologne
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Strategic Shirking in Promotion Tournaments

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 13 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2013
Jed DeVaro and Oliver Gürtler
California State University, East Bay and University of Cologne
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tournaments, promotions, strategic shirking, Putt's law

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Motivation and Performance of User-Contributors: Evidence from a CQA Forum

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 22 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2017
Jed DeVaro, Jin-Hyuk Kim, Liad Wagman and Ran Wolff
California State University, East Bay, University of Colorado at Boulder, Illinois Institute of Technology - Stuart School of Business, IIT and Yahoo Research
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User-generated content; crowdsourcing; contest; multitasking

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Big Fish in Small (and Big) Ponds - A Study of Careers

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 09 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 05 May 2020
Jed DeVaro, Oliver Gürtler, Marc Gürtler and Christian Deutscher
California State University, East Bay, University of Cologne, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Department of Finance and Bielefeld University
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careers, promotions, private information about worker ability, asymmetric learning, job-assignment signaling, big fish, big pond, small fish, small pond

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Firm Choice and Career Success — Theory and Evidence

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2020
Christian Deutscher, Marc Gürtler, Oliver Gürtler and Jed DeVaro
Bielefeld University, University of Braunschweig - Institute of Technology, Department of Finance, University of Cologne and California State University, East Bay
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Firm choice, big and small pond, career, self-selection, signaling, learning

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Pay-for-(Persistent)-Luck: CEO Bonuses Under Relational and Formal Contracting

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 May 2014
Jed DeVaro, Jin-Hyuk Kim and Nick Vikander
California State University, East Bay, University of Colorado at Boulder and University of Copenhagen
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relational contracts, CEO compensation, pay-for-luck

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Strategic Shirking in Competitive Labor Markets: A General Model of Multi-Task Promotion Tournaments with Employer Learning

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2018
Jed DeVaro and Oliver Gürtler
California State University, East Bay and University of Cologne
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strategic shirking, promotions, classic and market-based tournaments, symmetric learning, asymmetric learning, inefficient job assignments, inefficient effort allocation

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Advertising and Labor Market Matching: A Tour Through the Times

Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2014
Jed DeVaro and Oliver Gürtler
California State University, East Bay and University of Cologne
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labor market matching, recruitment, job search, newspaper advertising

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New Evidence on Gender Difference in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires

NBER Working Paper No. w12321
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 14 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2022
Francine D. Blau and Jed DeVaro
Cornell University - Department of Economics and California State University, East Bay
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Wage Theft, Market Power, and Outsourcing: The Case of H-1B Workers

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 03 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2022
Jed DeVaro and Peter Norlander
California State University, East Bay and Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business, Department of Management
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wage theft, guest workers, H-1B workers, labor market competition, wage and hour laws, monopsony labor market

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An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegaton of Worker Authority

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, 2010
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 Mar 2012
Fidan Ana Kurtulus and Jed DeVaro
University of Massachusetts Amherst and California State University, East Bay
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Agency Theory, Risk versus Incentives Tradeoff, Delegation of Worker Authority

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Using 'Opposing Responses' and Relative Performance to Distinguish Empirically Among Alternative Models of Promotions

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 23 Aug 2012
Jed DeVaro
California State University, East Bay
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classic tournaments, market-based tournaments, promotions

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Was the Disinflation of the Early 1980s Anticipated?

FRB Richmond Economic Quarterly, vol. 81, no. 4, Fall 1995, pp. 41-59
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Nov 2012
Jed DeVaro and Michael Dotsey
California State University, East Bay and Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
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What Types of Organizations Benefit from Team Production, and How Do They Benefit?

Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor Managed Firms, Vol. 9, pp. 3-56, 2006
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 14 Mar 2012
Fidan Ana Kurtulus and Jed DeVaro
University of Massachusetts Amherst and California State University, East Bay
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teams, financial performance, labor productivity, product quality, firm characteristics

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New Evidence on Gender Differences in Promotion Rates: An Empirical Analysis of a Sample of New Hires

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 511-550, July 2007
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 18 Jun 2007
FRANCINE D. BLAU and Jed DeVaro
affiliation not provided to SSRN and California State University, East Bay
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Errors in Variables and Lending Discrimination

FRB Richmond Economic Quarterly, vol. 81, no. 3, Summer 1995, pp. 19-32
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 15 Nov 2012
Jed DeVaro and Jeffrey M. Lacker
California State University, East Bay and Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Teams, Autonomy, and the Financial Performance of Firms

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 217-269, April 2006
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 May 2006
Jed DeVaro
California State University, East Bay
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The Effects of Self-Managed and Closely Managed Teams on Labor Productivity and Product Quality: An Empirical Analysis of a Cross-Section of Establishments

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 47, Issue 4, pp. 659-697, October 2008
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Sep 2008
Jed DeVaro
California State University, East Bay
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Job Characteristics and Labor Market Discrimination in Promotions

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 389-434, 2018
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 12 Jun 2018
Jed DeVaro, Suman Ghosh and Cindy Zoghi
California State University, East Bay, Florida Atlantic University - Department of Economics and U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics
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The Relationship between Delegation and Incentives Across Occupations: Evidence and Theory

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 63, Issue 2, pp. 279-312, 2015
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Jun 2015
Jed DeVaro and Suraj Prasad
California State University, East Bay and The University of Sydney
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An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority

Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, 2010
Posted: 12 Oct 2010
Jed DeVaro and Fidan Ana Kurtulus
California State University, East Bay and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Agency Theory, Risk versus Incentives Tradeoff, Delegation of Worker Authority, Performance Pay

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Employer Recruitment Strategies and the Labor Market Outcomes of New Hires

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 43, Issue 2, pp. 263-282, 2005
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Jed DeVaro
California State University, East Bay

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The Retention Consequences of Caps on Executive Compensation During Financial Crises

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Mar 2010
Jed DeVaro and Scott Fung
California State University, East Bay and California State University, East Bay
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Executive Compensation, Retention, Corporate Bailouts, Financially Distressed Firms