Details about Mehrzad B. Baktash

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Short-id: pba2004

Working Papers

2025

1. Performance Pay and Happiness: Work vs. Home?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics (2025)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2025)
2. Working from Home and Mental Health: Giving Employees a Choice Does Make a Difference
   Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics

2024

3. Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness?
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (3)
   Also in Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics (2024) View citations (3)
4. Variable Pay and Work Hours: Does Performance Pay Reduce the Gender Time Gap?
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
   Also in Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics (2024)
   See also Journal Article Variable pay and work hours: does performance pay reduce the gender time gap?, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2025) View citations (7) (2025)

2023

5. Are Managers More Machiavellian Than Other Employees?
   Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2023)
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2023)
6. Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Marital Instability?
   Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics View citations (4)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2023) View citations (2)
7. Overeducation, Performance Pay and Wages: Evidence from Germany
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
   Also in Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (3)

2021

8. Performance Pay and Alcohol Use in Germany
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in Research Papers in Economics, University of Trier, Department of Economics (2021) View citations (4)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Performance pay and alcohol use in Germany, Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, Wiley Blackwell (2022) View citations (16) (2022)
9. Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021)
   See also Journal Article Worker stress and performance pay: German survey evidence, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2022) View citations (33) (2022)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Detach to Thrive: Psychological Detachment from Work and Employee Well-Being
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2025, 26, (4), 1-31
2. Variable pay and work hours: does performance pay reduce the gender time gap?
   Economica, 2025, 92, (368), 1149-1167 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper Variable Pay and Work Hours: Does Performance Pay Reduce the Gender Time Gap?, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2024) (2024)

2022

3. Performance pay and alcohol use in Germany
   Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 2022, 61, (4), 353-383 View citations (16)
   See also Working Paper Performance Pay and Alcohol Use in Germany, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
4. Worker stress and performance pay: German survey evidence
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 201, (C), 276-291 View citations (33)
   See also Working Paper Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence, IZA Discussion Papers (2021) (2021)