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Public employment and political pressure: The case of French hospitals
Clark, Andrew E.; Milcent, Carine - 2010
This paper uses an unusual administrative dataset covering the universe of French hospitals to consider hospital … for a number of measures of hospital output. NFP hospitals serve as a benchmark, being very similar to Public hospitals …, but without political influence on their hiring. Public-hospital employment is positively correlated with the local …
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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work: From Tayloristic to holistic organization
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999
The paper analyzes the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work within firms. We emphasize the shift from a "Tayloristic" organization of work (characterized by significant specialization by tasks) to a "holistic" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273105
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What are over-the-road truckers paid for? Evidence from an exogenous regulatory change on the role of social comparisons and work organization in wage determination
Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - 2012
Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers (road...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282408
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High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
Bauer, Thomas K. - 2004
Using individual data from the European Survey on Working Conditions (ESWC) covering all EU member states, this study aimed at contributing to our understanding of the effects of High Performance Workplace Organizations (HPWOs) on worker's job satisfaction. The estimation results show that a...
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Mental health and working conditions in European countries
Cottini, Elena; Lucifora, Claudio - 2010
Increased pressure for labour market flexibility and increasing demand over workers' performance have fostered the idea that working conditions, in most European countries, have progressively deteriorated with adverse effects on psychological well being and mental health. This paper investigates...
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Do legal immigrants and natives compete in the labour market? Evidence from Catalonia
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2010
The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
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Getting It Right: Employment Subsidy or Minimum Wage?
Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank A. - 2003
In monopsony models of the labour market either a minimum wage or an employment subsidy financed by a lump sum tax on profits can achieve the efficient level of employment and output. Incorporating working conditions into a monopsony model where higher wages raise firm labour supply, but less...
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The in-hospital mortality rates of slaves and freemen: evidence from Touro infirmary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1855 - 1860
Pritchett, Jonathan; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2008
Using a rich sample of admission records from New Orleans Touro Infirmary, we examine the in-hospital mortality risk of … likely to die in the hospital than the whites. We analyze the determinants of in-hospital mortality at Touro using Oaxaca … based on the selective hospital admission of slaves. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277319
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Flexible Workplace Practices and Labor Productivity
Bauer, Thomas K. - 2003
Using a German employer-employee matched panel data set this paper examines the effects of High Performance Workplace Systems (HPWSs) on labor productivity (defined as sales per worker) and labor efficiency (defined as the inverse of unit labor costs). The estimation results indicate that simple...
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Flexible Work Systems and the Structure of Wages: Evidence from Matched Employer- Employee Data
Bauer, Thomas K.; Bender, Stefan - 2001
(HPWOs) on wages. This paper makes use of a new employer-employee-linked panel data set for Germany to examine the effects of …
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