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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders - 2015
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030144
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Focus induced tunnel vision in managerial judgment and decision making : the peril and the antidote
Posavac, Steven S.; Kardes, Frank R.; Brakus, J. Joško - In: Organizational behavior and human decision processes : … 113 (2010) 2, pp. 102-111
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008668742
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Choosing what I want or keeping what I should : the effect of decision strategy on choice consistency
Kogut, Tehila - In: Organizational behavior and human decision processes : … 116 (2011) 1, pp. 129-139
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009297245
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Discretion in Hiring
Hoffman, Mitchell - 2015
to forgo the potentially valuable private information of their managers. We study the introduction of job testing across … 15 firms employing low-skilled service sector workers. When faced with similar applicant pools, we find that managers who … appear to hire against test recommendations end up with worse average hires. This suggests that managers often overrule test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011939
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Inducing Leaders to Take Risky Decisions : Dismissal, Tenure, and Term Limits
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
In this paper we analyze the problem of whether and/or when to replace a leader (agent) when no monetary rewards are available, and it is the leader's competence rather than effort that is being evaluated. The only decisions that the leader takes over time are whether to undertake risky but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050303
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Information Technology and Patient Health : Analyzing Outcomes, Populations, and Mechanisms
Freedman, Seth - 2015
safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care … coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an EMR with decision support is more effective at reducing PSIs for less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018727
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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic Versus Foreign Sourcing
Fort, Teresa - 2016
This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984719
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The Trillion Dollar Conundrum : Complementarities and Health Information Technology
Dranove, David - 2015
We examine the relationship between the adoption of EMR and hospital operating costs. We first identify a puzzle that has been seen in prior studies: Adoption of EMR is associated with a slight cost increase. We draw on the literature on IT and productivity to demonstrate that the average effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036633
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Losing Heart? The Effect of Job Displacement on Health
Black, Sandra E. - 2012
significant costs that are borne by displaced workers. We study how job displacement in Norway affects cardiovascular health using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096012
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Have the Poor Always Been Less Likely to Migrate? Evidence from Inheritance Practices During the Age of Mass Migration
Abramitzky, Ran - 2012
Using novel data on 50,000 Norwegian men, we study the effect of wealth on the probability of internal or international migration during the Age of Mass Migration (1850-1913), a time when the US maintained an open border to European immigrants. We do so by exploiting variation in parental wealth...
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