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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet

Akerman, Anders - 2015

Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...

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Discretion in Hiring

Hoffman, Mitchell - 2015

to forgo the potentially valuable private information of their managers. We study the introduction of job testing across … 15 firms employing low-skilled service sector workers. When faced with similar applicant pools, we find that managers who … appear to hire against test recommendations end up with worse average hires. This suggests that managers often overrule test …

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Inducing Leaders to Take Risky Decisions : Dismissal, Tenure, and Term Limits

Aghion, Philippe - 2014

In this paper we analyze the problem of whether and/or when to replace a leader (agent) when no monetary rewards are available, and it is the leader's competence rather than effort that is being evaluated. The only decisions that the leader takes over time are whether to undertake risky but...

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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic versus Foreign Sourcing

Fort, Teresa C. - 2016

This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...

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Information Technology and Patient Health : Analyzing Outcomes, Populations, and Mechanisms

Freedman, Seth - 2015

safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care … coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an EMR with decision support is more effective at reducing PSIs for less …

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The Trillion Dollar Conundrum : Complementarities and Health Information Technology

Dranove, David - 2012

We examine the relationship between the adoption of EMR and hospital operating costs. We first identify a puzzle that has been seen in prior studies: Adoption of EMR is associated with a slight cost increase. We draw on the literature on IT and productivity to demonstrate that the average effect...

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