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The Incredible Shrinking Portuguese Firm
Braguinsky, Serguey; Branstetter, Lee G.; Regateiro, Andre - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
manufacturing to services, and aggressive efforts to "demonopolize" the Portuguese economy leave about half of this shift …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009203584
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Analyzing the Extent and Influence of Occupational Licensing on the Labor Market
Krueger, Alan B.; Kleiner, Morris M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034527
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The Impact of Minimum Age of Employment Regulation on Child Labor and Schooling: Evidence from UNICEF MICS Countries
Edmonds, Eric; Shrestha, Maheshwor - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Promoting minimum age of employment regulation has been a centerpiece in child labor policy for the last 15 years. If … enforced, minimum age regulation would change the age profile of paid child employment. Using micro-data from 59 mostly low …-income countries, we observe that age can explain less than 1 percent of the variation in child participation in paid employment. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652307
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The Effect of Shift Structure on Performance: The Role of Fatigue for Paramedics
Brachet, Tanguy; David, Guy; Duseja, Reena - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
The effect of shift structure on worker performance and productivity is an issue of increasing interest to firms and regulatory bodies. Using approximately 742,000 emergency medical incidents attended by 2,400 paramedics in the state of Mississippi, we evaluate the extent to which paramedics'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674238
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Productivity Response to a Contract Change
Ray, Debraj; Jayaraman, Rajshri; Vericourt, Francis de - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
"behavioral economics," the findings suggest that non-standard responses may be ephemeral, especially in employment contexts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950695
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Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming
Mullainathan, Sendhil; Hanna, Rema; Schwartzstein, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Existing learning models attribute failures to learn to a lack of data. We model a different barrier. Given the large number of dimensions one could focus on when using a technology, people may fail to learn because they failed to notice important features of the data they possess. We conduct a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951463
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Property Rights, Land Conflict and Tenancy in Brazil
Alston, Lee J.; Mueller, Bernardo - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
Tenancy has been a means for labor to advance their socio-economic condition in agriculture yet in Brazil and Latin America, tenancy rates are low compared to the U.S. and the OECD countries. We test for the importance of insecure property rights in Brazil on the reluctance of landowners to rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008631684
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Biological Innovation and Productivity Growth in the Antebellum Cotton Economy
Olmstead, Alan L.; Rhode, Paul W. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
The Cliometrics literature on slave efficiency has generally focused on static questions. We take a decidedly more dynamic approach. Drawing on the records of 142 plantations with 509 crops years, we show that the average daily cotton picking rate increased about four-fold between 1801 and 1862....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718649
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Particulate Pollution and the Productivity of Pear Packers
Graff Zivin, Joshua; Chang, Tom; Gross, Tal; Neidell, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We study the effect of outdoor air pollution on the productivity of indoor workers at a pear-packing factory. We focus on fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a harmful pollutant that easily penetrates indoor settings. We find that an increase in PM2.5 outdoors leads to a statistically and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796568
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Rainfall Forecasts, Weather and Wages over the Agricultural Production Cycle
Rosenzweig, Mark; Udry, Christopher - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We look at the effects of rainfall forecasts and realized rainfall on equilibrium agricultural wages over the course of the agricultural production cycle. We show theoretically that a forecast of good weather can lower wages in the planting stage, by lowering ex ante out-migration, and can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821686