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The Effect of Unions on Productivity in the Public Sector : The Case of Libraries

Ehrenberg, Ronald G. - 1981

This paper presents an analytical framework that can be used to analyze the effects of unions on productivity in the public sector. Our initial focus is on public libraries because considerable effort has been devoted to conceptualizing library productivity measures and because of the...

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Public Libraries and Labor Markets

Getz, Malcolm - 1979

Differences in labor compensation across 31 large public library systems are examined based on the author's interview survey. Salaries for recruit clerical workers, recruit librarians, and librarians with five years' experience are compared along with hours of work per week and fringe benefits....

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Comparing Public Library Systems

Getz, Malcolm - 1979

The operations of 31 large public library systems across the country are compared using information from the author' s interview survey. Operations are compared in physical terms: hours of service, materials, locations, and staffing. Differences in operations are found to be associated with...

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The Effects of School Libraries on Language Skills : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in India

Borkum, Evan - 2012

We conduct a randomized controlled trial of an Indian school library program. Overall, the program had no impact on students' scores on a language skills test administered after 16 months. The estimates are sufficiently precise to rule out effects larger than 0.053 and 0.037 standard deviations,...

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Gains from Product Variety : Evidence from a Large Digital Platform

Brynjolfsson, Erik; Chen, Long; Gao, Xijie - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

E-commerce sales have grown rapidly worldwide, massively increasing the availability of new products. We examine data from the largest digital platform in China and find that the number of book titles almost doubled, prices fell somewhat, and most new books are sold to consumers with unusual...

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The First Sale Doctrine and the Digital Challenge to Public Libraries

Reimers, Imke C.; Waldfogel, Joel - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Libraries have traditionally provided free communal access to books, facilitated by the first sale doctrine's (FSD) guarantee that libraries may purchase physical books at consumer prices. Increasingly restrictive ebook access terms may imperil libraries, and we compare the welfare cost of...

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The Unequal Cost of Job Loss across Countries

Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal …

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Wage Flexibility Under Sectoral Bargaining

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

often pay a wage premium (or wage cushion) to individual workers. We use administrative data from Portugal, linked to …

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International Business Travel and Technology Sourcing

Hovhannisyan, Nune - 2019

, compared to Portugal's Algarve region …

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The China Shock and Employment in Portuguese Firms

Branstetter, Lee G. - 2019

This paper considers the effects of Chinese import competition on firm-level labor market outcomes in Portugal. We … examine direct competition in the Portuguese market and indirect competition Portugal's largest export markets in Western … export markets, but minimal effects of direct competition in Portugal. Our findings also suggest a centrally important role …

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