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Fluctuations and rigidities in local labor markets, part 1: theory and evidence

Clark, Gordon L. - 1983

Cyclical sensitivity in employment, wages, and hours worked are explored with reference to three industries and eleven … to be inadequate because of marked rigidities in the patterns of short-run adjustment. Money wages are very stable, being … periodicities in the patterns of residuals derived from trend-line estimates of money wages confirm a supposition that urban …

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The impact of state regulations on the costs of public school construction

Vincent, JM; Monkkonen, PH - 2010

Spending by states and local school districts on school construction has increased dramatically over the last decade, not only because more and higher-quality schools are being built, but also because construction costs have increased by an unprecedented degree. Many states struggle to afford...

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Levels of Farm Sector Productivity: An International Comparison.

Ball, V. Eldon; Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Butault, … - 2001

This articlefocuses on the relative levels of farm sector productivity forthe United States and nine European countries for the period1973 to 1993. At the beginning of the period, Belgium had thehighest level of productivity relative to the United States at1.689. Ireland had the lowest relative...

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