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Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....

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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work – the move from occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...

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Good Jobs versus Bad Jobs: Theory and Some Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

This paper offers a model of the interaction between composition of jobs and labour market regulation. Ex-post rent-sharing due to search frictions implies that ‘good’ jobs which have higher creation costs must pay higher wages. This wage differential distorts the composition of jobs, and in...

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The Division of Labour Within Firms

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

The paper examines the determinants of the division of labour within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive change in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division of...

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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...

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Why do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

This paper offers and tests a theory of training whereby workers do not pay for general training they receive. The crucial ingredient in our model is that the current employer has superior information about the worker’s ability relative to other firms. This informational advantage gives the...

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The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

In the standard model of human capital with perfect labor markets, workers pay for general training. When labor market frictions compress the structure of wages, firms may invest in the general skills of their employees. The reason is that the distortion in the wage structure turns...

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Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers, because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. We show that when the assumption of perfectly competitive labour markets underlying this...

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The Environment and Directed Technical Change

Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Bursztyn, Leonardo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

dirty innovation and production; (ii) optimal policy involves both .carbon taxes. and research subsidies, so that excessive … the switch to clean innovation under laissez-faire when the two inputs are substitutes. Under reasonable parameter values …

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The Effects of Entry on Incumbent Innovation and Productivity

Aghion, Philippe; Blundell, Richard William; Griffith, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

How does firm entry affect innovation incentives and productivity growth in incumbent firms? Micro-data suggests that … sectors which differ by their distance to the technological frontier. We show that entry threat spurs innovation incentives in … technologically advanced sectors - successful innovation allows incumbents to prevent entry. In laggard sectors it discourages …

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