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dc.contributor.authorMosca, Micheleen
dc.contributor.authorPastore, Francescoen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:31:20Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:31:20Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008040171en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34994-
dc.description.abstractThis paper uses a unique data set containing detailed micro-information on organisations, managers, workers and volunteers belonging to public, private forprofit and private nonprofit institutions delivering social services in Italy. The analysis aims to estimate the determinants of wages across organisations at a sector level focusing on the role of hiring and job search methods, including informal networks. We find that, independent of the organisation type, being hired through public competitions brings with it a substantial wage premium (ranging from 7 to 32%). Informal networks bring with them a wage penalty (-6.5%) in the state sector, where formal hiring methods are common, and a wage premium (6.3%) in social cooperatives and religious institutions, where formal hiring methods are not common. Interestingly, the differences in hiring and in job search methods between state and private organisations explain from 50% to 100% of the conditional wage differentials across organisation types. Our interpretation of these findings is that nonprofit organisations prefer informal recruitment methods not for nepotistic reasons, but to better select the most motivated workers, those who share the nonprofit mission. This paper adds to the previous literature by suggesting that in addition to lower than average monetary compensations, informal recruitment methods are part of the process of self-selection of motivated workers in nonprofit organisations.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3422en
dc.subject.jelI11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordInformal networksen
dc.subject.keywordearnings functionsen
dc.subject.keywordsocial servicesen
dc.subject.keywordnonprofit organisationsen
dc.subject.keywordItalyen
dc.subject.stwSozialer Diensten
dc.subject.stwNonprofit-Organisationen
dc.subject.stwPersonalbeschaffungen
dc.subject.stwInformelle Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwSoziales Netzwerken
dc.subject.stwSozialberufeen
dc.subject.stwLohnstrukturen
dc.subject.stwLeistungsmotivationen
dc.subject.stwItalienen
dc.titleWage effects of recruitment methods: the case of the Italian social service sector-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn577266780en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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