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When knowledge is an asset: Explaining the organizational structure of large law firms

Rebitzer, James B.; Taylor, Lowell J. - 2006

We study the economics of employment relationships through theoretical and empirical analyses of an unusual set of firms, large law firms. Our point of departure is the property rights approach that emphasizes the centrality of ownership's legal rights to control important, nonhuman assets of...

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One size fits all? The effects of teacher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement

Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008

by the position of teachers in these ability distributions is estimated using matched student-teacher data. On average …

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The evolution of wages in early modern Normandy (1600-1850)

Chambru, Cédric; Maneuvrier-Hervieu, Paul - 2021

This paper presents new estimations of wages for Normandy between 1600 and 1850. We used a vast array of primary and secondary sources to assemble two new databases on wages and commodity prices to establish a new regional consumer price index (CPI) and twelve regional wage series. We posit that...

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Can too many cooks spoil the broth? Coordination costs, fatigue, and performance in high-intensity tasks

Kordyaka, Bastian; Lackner, Mario; Sonnabend, Hendrik - 2019

Workplace exibility offers a wide range of opportunities but also carries risks within the context of collaborative tasks. While increasing the number of collaborators can reduce fatigue and therefore enhance performance, it also increases coordination costs. Our study investigates this...

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Has the time for a European job guarantee policy arrived?

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2023

As country after country in the European Union is called to respond to the current challenge of our time - high inflation and declining real wages - governments must engage in a transformative agenda and go beyond emergency energy vouchers and income support cashtransfers. And if the goal is to...

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Effects of domestic worker legislation reform in Brazil

Costa, Joana Simões; Barbosa, Ana Luiza Neves de Holanda; … - 2016

This study investigates the impact of the extensions of labour rights (as foreseen in Constitutional Amendment 72 of 2 April 2013) over the formalisation, working hours and wages of Brazilian domestic workers. We also aim to identify whether this new legislation has resulted in the shift of...

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Earning differentials between German and French speakers in Switzerland

Cattaneo, Alejandra; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2003

The paper analyzes the effect of mother tongue on labor market outcomes of Swiss residents. This type of analysis can shed light on an important policy question. Is the Swiss labor market well integrated, or can one find instead segmentation along language borders? Improving on previous research...

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The job guarantee: Design, jobs, and implementation

Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2018

The job guarantee (JG) is a public option for jobs. It is a permanent, federally funded, and locally administered program that supplies voluntary employment opportunities on demand for all who are ready and willing to work at a living wage. While it is first and foremost a jobs program, it has...

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Computing pre-conflict poverty data in Syria

Hamati, Samer - 2019

the case of Syria, perhaps due to a lack of pre-conflict data. This article endeavours to fill this gap by computing …

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Data, privacy laws and firm production: Evidence from the GDPR

Demirer, Mert; Jiménez Hernández, Diego; Li, Dean; … - 2024

By regulating how firms collect, store, and use data, privacy laws may change the role of data in production and alter …'s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by using seven years of data from a large global cloudcomputing provider. Our … difference-in-difference estimates indicate that, in response to the GDPR, EU firms decreased data storage by 26% and data …

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