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Discretion in Hiring
Hoffman, Mitchell - 2015
to forgo the potentially valuable private information of their managers. We study the introduction of job testing across … 15 firms employing low-skilled service sector workers. When faced with similar applicant pools, we find that managers who … appear to hire against test recommendations end up with worse average hires. This suggests that managers often overrule test …
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Inducing Leaders to Take Risky Decisions : Dismissal, Tenure, and Term Limits
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
In this paper we analyze the problem of whether and/or when to replace a leader (agent) when no monetary rewards are available, and it is the leader's competence rather than effort that is being evaluated. The only decisions that the leader takes over time are whether to undertake risky but...
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The Trillion Dollar Conundrum : Complementarities and Health Information Technology
Dranove, David - 2015
We examine the relationship between the adoption of EMR and hospital operating costs. We first identify a puzzle that has been seen in prior studies: Adoption of EMR is associated with a slight cost increase. We draw on the literature on IT and productivity to demonstrate that the average effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013036633
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The Skill Complementarity of Broadband Internet
Akerman, Anders - 2015
Does adoption of broadband internet in firms enhance labor productivity and increase wages? And is this technological change skill biased or factor neutral? We exploit rich Norwegian data to answer these questions. A public program with limited funding rolled out broadband access points, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030144
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Information Technology and Patient Health : Analyzing Outcomes, Populations, and Mechanisms
Freedman, Seth - 2015
safety indicators (PSIs). We find evidence of a positive impact of EMRs on PSIs via decision support rather than care … coordination. Consistent with this mechanism, we find an EMR with decision support is more effective at reducing PSIs for less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018727
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Technology and Production Fragmentation : Domestic Versus Foreign Sourcing
Fort, Teresa - 2016
This paper provides direct empirical evidence on the relationship between technology and firms' global sourcing strategies. Using new data on U.S. firms' decisions to contract for manufacturing services from domestic or foreign suppliers, I show that a firm's adoption of communication technology...
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Measuring Intertemporal Preferences Using Response Times
Chabris, Christopher F. - 2010
We use two different approaches to measure intertemporal preferences. First we employ the classical method of inferring preferences from a series of choices (subjects choose between $X now or $Y in D days). Second we adopt the novel approach of inferring preferences using only response time data...
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Pitfalls of Participatory Programs : Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Education in India
Banerjee, Abhijit V. - 2010
Participation of beneficiaries in the monitoring of public services is increasingly seen as a key to improving their efficiency. In India, the current government flagship program on universal primary education organizes both locally elected leaders and parents of children enrolled in public...
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Income Maximization and the Selection and Sorting of International Migrants
Grogger, Jeffrey - 2010
Two prominent features of international labor movements are that the more educated are more likely to emigrate (positive selection) and more-educated migrants are more likely to settle in destination countries with high rewards to skill (positive sorting). Using data on emigrant stocks by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759515
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Health, Economic Resources and the Work Decisions of Older Men
Bound, John - 2010
In this paper, we specify a dynamic programming model that addresses the interplay among health, financial resources, and the labor market behavior of men in the later part of their working lives. Unlike previous work which has typically used self reported health or disability status as a proxy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759651