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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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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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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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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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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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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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How will a nation's aggregate urban productivity be affected by climate change? The joint distribution of climate conditions and economic activity across a nation's cities will together determine industrial average exposure to climate risk. Air conditioning (AC) can greatly reduce this heat...
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possibility that inadequate information and a flawed structure each compromise public school quality. This study of school … incentives and principal productivity and adversely affect the quality of education in Texas public schools …
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Two recent meta-analyses use variants of the Baily, Hulten, and Campbell (1992) (BHC) decompositions to ask whether recent robust growth in Aggregate Labor Productivity (ALP) across twenty-five countries is due to lower barriers to input reallocation. They find weak gains from measured...
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, with effects arising at levels well below current air quality standards. In contrast, we find little effect of PM2.5 on …
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