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An Empirical Model of the Medical Match
Agarwal, Nikhil - 2014
product of labor, with larger markdowns at more desirable programs. Therefore, a limited number of positions at high quality … market. I find that financial incentives increase the quality, but not the number of rural residents. Quantity regulations … increase the number of rural trainees, but the impact on resident quality depends on the design of the intervention …
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Quality target negotiation in health care : evidence from the English NHS
Fichera, Eleonora; Gravelle, Hugh; Pezzino, Mario; … - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 17 (2016) 7, pp. 811-822
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Competition and quality indicators in the health care sector : empirical evidence from the Dutch hospital sector
Croes, R. R.; Krabbe-Alkemade, Y. J. F. M.; Mikkers, Misja - In: The European journal of health economics : HEPAC ; … 19 (2018) 1, pp. 5-19
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Unconditional Convergence
Rodrik, Dani - 2011
Unlike economies as a whole, manufacturing industries exhibit unconditional convergence in labor productivity. The paper documents this finding for 4-digit manufacturing sectors for a large group of developed and developing countries over the period since 1990. The coefficient of unconditional...
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Cyclical Variation in Labor Hours and Productivity Using the ATUS
Burda, Michael C. - 2012
We examine monthly variation in weekly work hours using data for 2003-10 from the Current Population Survey (CPS) on hours/worker, from the Current Employment Survey (CES) on hours/job, and from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) on both. The ATUS data minimize recall difficulties and constrain...
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Incentive Strength and Teacher Productivity : Evidence from a Group-Based Teacher Incentive Pay System
Imberman, Scott A. - 2012
Using data from a group incentive program that provides cash bonuses to teachers whose students perform well on standardized tests, we estimate the impact of incentive strength on student achievement. These awards are based on the performances of students within a grade, school and subject,...
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Cost-Sharing and Productivity
Gibson, Teresa - 2012
A growing body of literature examines the cross price elasticities between different health care services. For example, increasing the patient out of pocket price for some health care services increases the utilization of other health care services. Yet, the literature has generally ignored the...
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When Does Improving Health Raise GDP?
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2012
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...
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The Value of Bosses
Lazear, Edward P. - 2014
10% of boss quality with one who is in the upper 10% of boss quality increases a team's total output by more than would …
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The Aggregate Productivity Effects of Internal Migration : Evidence from Indonesia
Bryan, Gharad - 2017
We estimate the aggregate productivity gains from reducing barriers to internal labor migration in Indonesia, accounting for worker selection and spatial differences in human capital. We distinguish between movement costs, which mean workers will only move if they expect higher wages, and...
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