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Procrastination in the Workplace : Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office
Frakes, Michael D. - 2016
, especially in the workplace. In this paper, we attempt to fill these gaps by exploring procrastination among U.S. patent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455693
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The Backward Art of Slowing the Spread? Congregation Efficiencies during COVID-19
Mulligan, Casey B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Were workers more likely to be infected by COVID-19 in their workplace, or outside it? While both economic models of … the pandemic and public health policy recommendations often presume that the workplace is less safe, this paper seeks an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510616
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Computerization of White Collar Jobs
Dillender, Marcus; Forsythe, Eliza - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We investigate the impact of computerization of white-collar jobs on wages and employment. Using online job postings from 2007 and 2010--2016 for office and administrative support (OAS) jobs, we show that when firms adopt new software at the job-title level they increase the skills required of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172165
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Workplace Segregation in the United States : Race, Ethnicity, and Skill
Hellerstein, Judith - 2005
Our results indicate that there is considerable segregation by education and language in the workplace. Racial … segregation in the workplace is of the same order of magnitude as education segregation, and segregation between Hispanics and … whites is larger yet. Only a tiny portion of racial segregation in the workplace is driven by education differences between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467078
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Agglomeration Economies and Race Specific Spillovers
Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Fu, Shihe; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Racial social isolation within and across workplaces may reduce firm productivity. We provide descriptive evidence that African-Americans feel socially isolated from Whites. To test whether isolation affects productivity, we estimate models of Total Factor Productivity for manufacturing firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533396
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How was the Weekend? How the Social Context Underlies Weekend Effects in Happiness and other Emotions for US Workers
Helliwell, John F. - 2015
almost identical for all workers. We then explore the sources of weekend effects and find that workplace trust and workplace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457294
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Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People : Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey
Aksoy, Billur; Carpenter, Christopher; Sansone, Dario - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
level of support for transgender individuals in the workplace, and we find that labor market support for transgender people … workplace-related views toward transgender people and help us better understand employment discrimination against them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388839
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Workers and the Green-Energy Transition : Evidence from 300 Million Job Transitions
Curtis, E. Mark; O’Kane, Layla; Park, Jisung - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Using micro-data representing over 130 million online work profiles, we explore transitions into and out of jobs most likely to be affected by a transition away from carbon-intensive production technologies. Exploiting detailed textual data on job title, firm name, occupation, and industry to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337776
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Boomerang College Kids : Unemployment, Job Mismatch and Coresidence
Albanesi, Stefania; Gihleb, Rania; Zhang, Ning - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Labor market outcomes for young college graduates have deteriorated substantially in the last twenty five years, and more of them are residing with their parents. The unemployment rate at 23-27 year old for the 1996 college graduation cohort was 9%, whereas it rose to 12% for the 2013 graduation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362051
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Edmans, Alex; Flammer, Caroline; Glossner, Simon - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
measures of demographic diversity. DEI is also unrelated to general workplace policies and practices, suggesting that DEI …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014287316