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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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A Hicksian model of local labor market turnover and wage determination

Clark, Gordon L. - 1981

. However, depending upon the relative tightness of the local labour market (reflected in the rates of hiring and unemployment …. The significance of quits, hires, and unemployment are explored, in an attempt to explain differential urban wage …

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14.662 Labor Economics II, Spring 2005

Autor, David H.; Piore, Michael J. - 2005

structures. Special attention to theories of worker motivation and behavior, the determination of wages, technology, and social … of the relevance of the theory and analysis to developing economies. …

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