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Do Management Interventions Last? Evidence from India
Bloom, Nicholas - 2018
Beginning in 2008, we ran a randomized controlled trial that changed management practices in a set of Indian weaving … management practices adopted in the original experimental plants had been dropped, there was still a large and significant gap in … control plants, suggesting lasting impacts of effective management interventions. Second, while few management practices had …
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How Elastic is the Government'S Demand for Weapons?
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2021
We attempt to make inferences about the elasticity of the government's demand for specific weapons by analyzing the statistical relationship between quantity and cost revisions across the population of major weapon systems, using data contained in the Pentagon's Selected Acquisition Reports. The...
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Do Principals Fire the Worst Teachers?
Jacob, Brian - 2021
This paper takes advantage of a unique policy change to examine how principals make decisions regarding teacher dismissal. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to dismiss...
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Normalizing Community Mask-Wearing : A Cluster Randomized Trial in Bangladesh
Abaluck, Jason; Kwong, Laura; Styczynski, Ashley; … - 2021
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Unions and Wage Inequality : The Roles of Gender, Skill and Public Sector Employment
Card, David - 2018
We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were concentrated among low-skilled men in private sector...
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Transitions from Career Employment Among Public- and Private-Sector Workers
Quinn, Joseph F. - 2018
Do the retirement patterns of public-sector workers differ from those in the private sector? Most private-sector workers today face a do-it-yourself retirement income landscape characterized by an exposure to market forces through defined-contribution pension plans and private saving, and the...
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The Effect of Pollution and Heat on High Skill Public Sector Worker Productivity in China
Kahn, Matthew E. - 2019
The quality of governance depends on public sector worker productivity. We use micro data from China to document that judges are less productive on polluted days. Building on the insights of Alchian and Kessel (1962), we discuss the role of organization design and the incentives of public versus...
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Premium or Penalty? Labor Market Returns to Novice Public Sector Teachers
Saavedra, Juan - 2017
It is unclear whether public sector teachers are under or overpaid relative to other occupations due to lack of knowledge about teachers' outside labor market options and other unobserved attributes related to compensation. We estimate causal labor market returns to novice public teachers in...
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An Institutional Theory of Public Contracts : Regulatory Implications
Spiller, Pablo T. - 2010
The fundamental feature of private contracting is its relational nature. When faced with unforeseen or unexpected circumstances, private parties, as long as the relation remains worthwhile, adjust their required performance without the need for costly renegotiation or formal recontracting....
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Can Pay Regulation Kill? Panel Data Evidence on the Effect of Labor Markets on Hospital Performance
Hall, Emma P. - 2010
Labor market regulation can have harmful unintended consequences. In many markets, especially for public sector workers, pay is regulated to be the same for individuals across heterogeneous geographical labor markets. We would predict that this will mean labor supply problems and potential falls...
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