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model of a city in which workers can decide to work in the central business district (CBD) or partly at home. Working in the … externality, but entails commuting costs. Switching between modes of labor delivery is costly, and workers face idiosyncratic …. Within this set, a coordination mechanism can lead to stationary equilibria in which most workers commute or most of them …
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increase in labor supply: workers reduce the rate at which they quit jobs to non-employment, while non-employed individuals …
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We study the effects of uncertainty on time use and their macroeconomic implications. Employing data from the American Time Use Survey and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we document that heightened uncertainty increases housework and reduces market work hours, mildly impacting leisure. We then...
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Are some management practices akin to a technology that can explain firm and national productivity, or do they simply …-weighted average management score. We present a formal model of "Management as a Technology", and structurally estimate it using panel … reflect contingent management styles? We collect data on core management practices from over 11,000 firms in 34 countries. We …
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Many developing countries would like to increase the share of modern or formal sectors in their employment. One way to accomplish this goal may be to encourage the entrance of foreign firms. They are typically relatively large, with high productivity and good access to foreign markets, and might...
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migration response of American workers to two of the most important shocks that hit US manufacturing since the 1990s: Chinese …
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This review considers the evolution of economic thinking on the relationship between digital technology and inequality … effects of technology for productivity and welfare has eroded as understanding has advanced. Given this intellectual …
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assume that human work can be decomposed into atomistic tasks that differ in their complexity. Advances in technology make …
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workers in lower-wage roles rather than increasing hours of incumbent or high-wage staff. This contrasts with null effects we …
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