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The Impact of Competition on Management Quality: Evidence from Public Hospitals
bloom, nicholas; Propper, Carol; van Reenen, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where … geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to … a greater number of neighboring hospitals) is positively correlated with increased management quality, and this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008628416
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Can pay regulation kill? Panel data evidence on the effect of labor markets on hospital performance
Propper, Carol; van Reenen, John; Hall, Emma - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
markets. In this paper we exploit panel data from the population of English acute hospitals where pay for medical staff is … 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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Does Transparency Lead to Pay Compression?
Mas, Alexandre - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper asks whether disclosing wages to the public changes wage setting at the top of the public sector income distribution. I evaluate a 2010 California mandate that required cities to submit municipal salaries to the State, to be posted on a public website. City managers--typically the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950896
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Ownership and Wages: Estimating Public-Private and Foreign-Domestic Differentials using LEED from Hungary, 1986-2003
Earle, John; Telegdy, Álmos - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
occupation) and firms (size, industry, and productivity), suggesting ownership type is systematically selected along these …
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Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy
Helpman, Elhanan; Redding, Stephen James; Itskhoki, Oleg - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
This paper develops a new framework for examining the distributional consequences of trade liberalization that is consistent with increasing inequality in every country, growth in residual wage inequality, rising unemployment, and reallocation within and between industries. While the opening of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005720079
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The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
Viscusi, W Kip - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Meta-regression estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL) controlling for publication selection bias yield bias-corrected estimates of VSL that are higher for labor market studies using the more recent Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) data. These results are borne out by the...
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Battles Among Licensed Occupations: Analyzing Government Regulations on Labor Market Outcomes for Dentists and Hygienists
Kleiner, Morris M.; Park, Kyoung Won - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...
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The Effects of Childhood ADHD on Adult Labor Market Outcomes
Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
While several types of mental illness, including substance abuse disorders, have been linked with poor labor market outcomes, no current research has been able to examine the effects of childhood ADHD. As ADHD has become one of the most prevalent childhood mental conditions, it is useful to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105938
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Long-term consequences of vietnam-era conscription: schooling, experience, and earnings
Angrist, Joshua; Chen, Stacey - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
This paper uses the 2000 Census 1-in-6 sample to look at the long-term impact of Vietnam-era military service. Instrumental Variables estimates using draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings losses close to zero in 2000, in contrast with earlier results showing substantial earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005778869
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Teacher Quality and the Future of America
Temin, Peter - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002
I argue in this paper that we do not pay teachers enough to get high-quality applicants. The reasons we find ourselves in this inferior equilibrium are rooted in our history. Most American teachers are and have been women; we have not accommodated to the increasing opportunities for women in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828499