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Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments

Garicano, Luis; Heaton, Paul - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

productivity in the public sector using a new panel data set of police departments covering 1987-2003. While IT adoption is …-level characteristics and the endogeneity of IT use. IT investments do, however, appear to improve police productivity when complemented …

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In brief: Producing superstars for the economic World Cup

Pritchett, Lant; Viarengo, Martina - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2010

Most countries' education policies make raising average student performance their priority. Yet just as in the football World Cup, the quality of the top performers is the key to competing successfully at the global level. Lant Pritchett and Martina Viarengo explore this challenge in the...

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Selection into Trade and Wage Inequality

Sampson, Thomas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

premium. Under trade, fixed export costs cause the selection of high productivity, high skill firms into exporting and an …

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Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation

Aghion, Philippe; Besley, Timothy; Browne, John; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are longstanding structural …

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Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance

Hall, Emma; Propper, Carol; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008

almost flat across the country. We predict that areas with higher outside wages should suffer from problems of recruiting … myocardial infarction, AMI) - and productivity. We present evidence that stronger local labor markets significantly worsen … hospital outcomes in terms of quality and productivity. A 10% increase in the outside wage is associated with a 4% to 8 …

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Why are Higher Skilled Workers More Mobile Geographically? The Role of the Job Surplus

Amior, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which impede job search in general, they also help overcome...

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Span of Control and Span of Activity

Bandiera, Oriana; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella; Wulf, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

For both practitioners and researchers, span of control plays an important role in defining and understanding the role of the CEO. In this paper, we combine organizational chart information for a sample of 65 companies with detailed data on how their CEOs allocate their work time, which we...

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Managing the Family Firm: Evidence from CEOs at Work

Bandiera, Oriana; Prat, Andrea; Sadun, Raffaella - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

, where family ownership is widespread and the productivity dispersion across firms is substantial. Time use analysis of 356 … devote to work activities, and longer working hours are associated with higher firm productivity, growth, profitability and …

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