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Pollution Abatement Costs, Regulation And Plant-Level Productivity

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1994

We analyze the connection between productivity, pollution abatement expenditures, and other measures of environmental regulation for plants in three industries (paper, oil, and steel). We examine data from 1979 to 1990, considering both total factor productivity levels and growth rates. Plants...

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Interfirm Segregation and the Black/White Wage Gap

Troske, Kenneth R; Carrington, William J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1996

This paper studies interfirm racial segregation in two newly developed firm-level databases. Within the representative MSA, we find that the interfirm distribution of black and white workers is close to what would be implied by the random assignment of workers to firms. However, we also find...

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Sex Segregation in U.S. Manufacturing

Troske, Kenneth R; Carrington, William J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1996

This paper studies interplant sex segregation in the U.S. manufacturing industry. The study differs from previous work in that we have detailed information on the characteristics of both workers and firms, and because we measure segregation in a new and better way. We report three main findings....

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Gender Segregation Small Firms

Troske, Kenneth R; Carrington, William J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1992

previous research on interfirm segregation has studied only large firms and because it is easier to link the demographic …

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Plant Vintage, Technology, and Environmental Regulation

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

Does the impact of environmental regulation differ by plant vintage and technology? We answer this question using … annual Census Bureau information on 116 pulp and paper mills’ vintage, technology, productivity, and pollution abatement … include our technology, vintage, and renovation variables. Sample calculations of the impact of pollution abatement on …

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Environmental Regulation And Manufacturing Productivity At The Plant Level

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1993

steel). We combine productivity data from the Longitudinal Research Database ( LRD ) with pollution abatement expenditures …

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When Do Firms Shift Production Across States to Avoid Environmental Regulation?

Shadbegian, Ronald J; Gray, Wayne B - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2001

This paper examines whether a firm's allocation of production across its plants responds to the environmental regulation faced by those plants, as measured by differences in stringency across states. We also test whether sensitivity to regulation differs based on differences across firms in...

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Environmental Regulation, Investment Timing, and Technology Choice

Gray, Wayne B; Shadbegian, Ronald J - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 1997

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What Determines Environmental Performance at Paper Mills? The Roles of Abatement Spending, Regulation, and Efficiency

Shadbegian, Ronald J; Gray, Wayne B - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2003

This paper examines the determinants of environmental performance at paper mills, measured by air pollution emissions per unit of output. We consider differences across plants in air pollution abatement expenditures, local regulatory stringency, and productive efficiency. Emissions are...

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An Economist's Primer on Survey Samples

Carrington, William J; Eltinge, John L; McCue, Kristin - Census Bureau, Department of Commerce - 2000

Survey data underlie most empirical work in economics, yet economists typically have little familiarity with survey sample design and its effects on inference. This paper describes how sample designs depart from the simple random sampling model implicit in most econometrics textbooks, points out...

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