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Economic geography and international inequality

Redding, Stephen; Venables, Anthony - In: Journal of international economics 62 (2004) 1, pp. 53-82

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Occupational Licensing and Labor Market Fluidity

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2020

We show that occupational licensing has significant negative effects on labor market fluidity defined as cross-occupation mobility. Using a balanced panel of workers constructed from the CPS and SIPP data, we analyze the link between occupational licensing and labor market outcomes. We find that...

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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market

Kleiner, Morris M. - 2009

licensing is associated with about 14 percent higher wages, but the effect of governmental certification on pay is much smaller … positively associated with wages. We find little association between licensing and the variance of wages, in contrast to unions …

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The Unequal Effects of Liberalization : Evidence from Dismantling the License Raj in India

Aghion, Philippe - 2006

We study the effects of the progressive elimination of the system of industrial regulations on entry and production, known as the "license raj," on registered manufacturing output, employment, entry and investment across Indian states with different labor market regulations. The effects are...

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The Impact Of New Unionization On Wages And Working Conditions : A Longitudinal Study Of Establishments Under NLRB Elections

Freeman, Richard B. - 1988

This study investigates the impact of union organization on the wages and labor practices of establishments newly …. There are two major findings. First. unionism had only a modest effect on wages in the newly organized plants, which … Current Population Survey and related data tapes. Second, in contrast co its modest impact on wages, new unionization …

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Wage Effects of Unionization and Occupational Licensing Coverage in the United States

Gittleman, Maury - 2013

Recent estimates in standard models of wage determination for both unionization and occupational licensing have shown wage effects that are similar across the two institutions. These cross-sectional estimates use specialized data sets, with small sample sizes, for the period 2006 through 2008....

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Analyzing Compensation Methods in Manufacturing : Piece Rates, Time Rates, or Gain-Sharing?

Helper, Susan - 2010

Economists have often argued that "pay for performance" is the optimal compensation scheme. However, use of the simplest form of pay for performance, the piece rate, has been in decline in manufacturing in recent decades. We show both theoretically and empirically that these changes are due to...

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Adoption and Termination of Employee Involvement Programs

Chi, Wei - 2007

This study uses a 10-year longitudinal database on U.S. manufacturing establishments to analyze the dynamics of the adoption and termination of employee involvement programs (EI). We show that firms' use of EI has not grown continuously, but rather introduce and terminate EI policies in ways...

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Product Choice and Product Switching

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2003

This paper develops a model of endogenous product selection by firms. The theory is motivated by new evidence we present on the importance of product switching by U.S. manufacturers. Two-thirds of continuing firms change their product mix every five years, and product switches involve more than...

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Structural Change Within versus Across Firms : Evidence from the United States

Ding, Xiang; Fort, Teresa C.; Redding, Stephen; Schott, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

in-house knowledge and show that it is associated with increased growth and industry switching. We rationalize this …

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