Published in Journal of public economics
Lower-income countries spend vast sums on subsidies. Beneficiaries are typically selected via either a proxy-means test (PMT) or through a decentralized identification process led by local leaders. A decentralized allocation may offer informational advantages, but may be prone to elite capture. We study this trade-off in the context of two large-sc...
Research on the effects of particularistic human resource practices (i.e., favoritism and nepotism) on organizationaloutcomes has concentrated on direct negative attitudinal and behavioral responses. By integrating legitimacy and social exchange theories, this paper proposes and tests the idea that legitimacy of particularistic practices might mode...
V magistrskem delu je obravnavan nepotizem in njegove oblike, pregled zgodovine, razčlenitev sorodstvenih struktur, akademskega polja, navedena je obstoječa zakonodaja in empirični del, kjer je predstavljena kvalitativna analiza sorodstvenih povezav v akademski sferi. Nepotizem, ki ga v ožjem pomenu poznamo kot zaposlovanje ali dajanje prednosti pr...
Favoritism has traditionally been examined from the lens of a target-specific typology. However, recent studies of favoritism suggest that situations largely influence whether people engage in favoritism or not. To examine whether situational cues also form a typology of favoritism, 10 scenarios were used to empirically test the target-specific typ...
We study the mechanisms of intergenerational inequality among Italian lawyers over the period 1994- 2014 using a longitudinal dataset that combines administrative and survey data. We first estimate a 17.5% earnings premium for a law family background within the group of lawyers, so conditional on entering the profession. We then exploit the 2003-20...
Published in Scientometrics
In many countries culture, practice or regulations inhibit the co-presence of relatives within the university faculty. We test the legitimacy of such attitudes and provisions, investigating the phenomenon of nepotism in Italy, a nation with high rates of favoritism. We compare the individual research performance of “children” who have “parents” in ...
This paper focuses on the issue of nepotism or the practice of hiring and managing family members in family firms. Extant research suggests that while nepotism is related to numerous problems, it also offers some unique advantages to family owned firms. We use a socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective to develop a theoretical framework that explain...
Finishing the study of familiar, clientelist and nepotistic relationships between the members of the Audience of Lima during the 17th century had become a need to understand the dynamics that these Crown employees described during the next century. The bibliography points towards continuity in these practices, but the study of the documentary colle...
Destructive behavior at work is one of the most important research topics affecting organizational performance standards and well-being. The article presented a scientific literature analysis and synthesis as well as the authors insight into destructive relationships in the work environment. There a various forms of destructive relationship in a wo...
