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Culture of trust and division of labor
Meier, Stephan; Stephenson, Matthew - 2015
Firms exhibit heterogeneity in size, productivity, and internal structure, and this is true even within the same industry. It has been thought since the time of Adam Smith that a firm's internal structure affects its productivity through the channel of gains from specialization. Our paper...
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Division of labour and directed production
Ratto, Marisa (contributor); Schnedler, Wendelin (contributor) - 2005
: agents prefer a less efficient way of production. We show that by dividing labour (assigning tasks to different agents and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011512
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The division of labour, worker organisation, and technological change
Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2005
The model developed in this paper explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer … technology adoption. We find that changes in the division of labour can result both from reduced production time and from … improved communication possibilities. The first shifts the division of labour towards a more generic structure, while the …
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On the sorting of physicians across medical occupations
Courty, Pascal (contributor); Marschke, Gerald (contributor) - 2008
We model the sorting of medical students across medical occupations and identify a mechanism that explains the possibility of differential productivity across occupations. The model combines moral hazard and matching of physicians and occupations with pre-matching investments. In equilibrium...
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Marriage versus cohabitation : how specialization and time use differ by relationship type
Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
Labour Dynamics in Australia survey are used to test this prediction. Panel analysis of reported time use data for men …
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Der vormoderne Allokationsprozess von Arbeit in Deutschland
Pierenkemper, Toni; Kendzia, Michael J. - 2010
The paper provides a historical overview of the pre-modern allocation of work within the territory of the later Germany from the 18th until the middle of the 19th century. We explore how the social allocation of work during the feudal system took place and trace back the development of wage...
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The effect of children on specialization and coordination of partners’ activities
Le, Anh Tram; Miller, Paul W. - 2010
This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the impact of children on these links, and the effects these...
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The catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs
Catozzella, Alessandra (contributor);  … - 2007
The aim of this study is to test the possible catalysing role of in-house R&D in fostering the complementarity of innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998-2000). The interactions between four different sources of...
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Are specific skills an obstacle to labor market adjustment?
Lamo, Ana; Messina, Julián; Wasmer, Etienne - 2010
This paper shows that specialized education reduces workers' mobility and hence their ability to cope with economic changes. We illustrate this point using labor force data from two countries having experienced important macroeconomic turbulence; a large economy with rigid labor markets, Poland,...
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Measuring and interpreting trends in the division of labour in the Netherlands
Akçomak, İbrahim Semih; Borghans, Lex; Weel, Bas ter - 2011
This paper introduces indicators about the division of labour to measure and interpret recent trends in the structure … of employment in the Netherlands. Changes in the division of labour occur at three different levels: the level of the … it explains a substantial part of the increase in offshoring tasks abroad. -- division of labour ; tasks ; technological …
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