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Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations : Labor Strife and the Production of Defective Bridgestone/Firestone Tires

Krueger, Alan B. - 2003

This paper provides a case study of the effect of labor relations on product quality. We consider whether a long, contentious strike and the hiring of permanent replacement workers by Bridgestone/Firestone in the mid-1990s contributed to the production of an excess number of defective tires....

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Creative Destruction and Subjective Wellbeing

Aghion, Philippe - 2015

In this paper we analyze the relationship between turnover-driven growth and subjective wellbeing, using cross-sectional MSA level US data. We find that the effect of creative destruction on wellbeing is (i) unambiguously positive if we control for MSA-level unemployment, less so if we do not;...

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How's the Job? Well-Being and Social Capital in the Workplace

Heliwell, John F. - 2005

This paper takes a different tack in addressing one of the fundamental questions in economics: what are the factors that determine the distribution of jobs and wages? In Adam Smith's classic formulation, and in much of the subsequent literature, wage levels have been used to estimate the values...

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Job Satisfaction as an Economic Variable

Freeman, Richard B. - 1977

The purpose of this paper is to examine these concerns and evaluate the use of job satisfaction (and other subjective variables) in labor market analysis. The main theme is that, while there are good reasons to treat subjective variables gingerly, the answers to questions about how people feel...

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Meaning At Work

Ashraf, Nava; Bandiera, Oriana; Minni, Virginia; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2025

We evaluate a firm's unusual, worker-centered, solution to the agency problem: enabling employees to reduce the cost of effort rather than pushing them with performance rewards. We randomize the roll-out of the firm's "Discover Your Purpose" intervention among 2,976 white-collar employees and...

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Investing in Customer Capital

He, Bianca; Mostrom, Lauren I.; Sufi, Amir - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

measures investment in customer capital using sales and marketing expense from income statements, information on salaries paid … to workers in sales and marketing, and text from annual 10-K SEC filings describing firms' sales and marketing strategies … sales and marketing strategies. Industries focused on platform business models, online sales, and the production of high …

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The Inner Workings of the Patient Centered Medical Home Model

David, Guy - 2016

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model for restructuring primary care with a focus on improved access to care and clinical excellence. However, to date, the evidence on its effect on healthcare utilization and expenditures has been quite mixed. One possible reason for this may lie...

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Happiness and the Human Development Index : The Paradox of Australia

Blanchflower, David G. - 2005

According to the well-being measure known as the U.N. Human Development Index, Australia now ranks 3rd in the world and higher than all other English-speaking nations. This paper questions that assessment. It reviews work on the economics of happiness, considers implications for policymakers,...

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Subjective Outcomes in Economics

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2004

This study examines the various uses of subjective outcomes as a focus of interest for economists. It outlines the possible channels by which economists can usefully add to what are already massive literatures on such outcomes in the other social sciences. Generally we contribute little if we...

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Does Rosie Like Riveting? Male and Female Occupational Choices

Lordan, Grace - 2016

Occupational segregation and pay gaps by gender remain large while many of the constraints traditionally believed to be responsible for these gaps have weakened over time. Here, we explore the possibility that women and men have different tastes for the content of the work they do. We run...

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