In what ways, if any, does the behavior of government and nonprofit organizations differ? This paper examines evidence from two industries‹nursing homes and mentally handicapped facilities‹to determine whether government and nonprofit organization behavior differs in identifiable dimensions,...

This paper uses the National Medical Expenditure Survey of 1987 to measure the importance of job lock as a deterrent to job mobility. I begin by using a simple difference-in-difference technique to estimate the differential effect of family sickness on the job mobility of individuals with and...