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Examining the link between health measures, management practices and establishment performance
Broszeit, Sandra; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2017
We examine the relationship between establishment-level health measures, Anglo-Saxon management practices and labor productivity, as well as median wages. Based on the observation that management practices are positively associated with establishment outcomes, we test whether health measures...
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A shot at economic prosperity : long-term effects of India's childhood immunization program on earnings and consumption expenditure
Summan, Amit; Nandi, Arindam; Bloom, David E. - 2022
Routine childhood vaccinations are among the most cost-effective interventions. In recent years, the broader benefits of vaccines, which include improved cognitive and schooling outcomes, have also been established. This paper evaluates the long-term economic benefits of India's national program...
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COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and employment : evidence from CPS data
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
In this paper, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID-19 and evaluate the impacts of stay-at-home orders on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221891
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COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and employment : evidence from CPS data
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
In this paper, we examine the short-term consequences of COVID-19 and evaluate the impacts of stay-at-home orders on employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012227245
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Earnings dynamics and firm-level shocks
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas; … - 2021
We use matched employer-employee data from Sweden to study the role of the firm in affecting the stochastic properties of wages. Our model accounts for endogenous participation and mobility decisions. We find that firm-specific permanent productivity shocks transmit to individual wages, but the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012631559
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Earnings dynamics and firm-level shocks
Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas; … - 2019
We use matched employer-employee data from Sweden to study the role of the firm in affecting the stochastic properties of wages. Our model accounts for endogenous participation and mobility decisions. We find that firm-specific permanent productivity shocks transmit to individual wages, but the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006606
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Education, health and wages
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2014
responses to education and find evidence for substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables on which agents make choices. The … estimated treatment effects of education are decomposed into the direct benefits of attaining a given level of schooling and … estimated treatment effects. While the estimated causal effects of education are substantial for most outcomes, we also estimate …
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Sports, exercise, and labor market outcomes : increasing participation in sports and exercise can boost productivity and earnings
Lechner, Michael - 2015
A productive workforce is a key objective of public economic policy. Recent empirical work suggests that increasing individual participation in sports and exercise can be a major force for achieving this goal. The productivity gains and related increase in earnings come on top of the already...
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The effects of education and health on wages and productivity
Forbes, Matthew; Barker, Andrew; Turner, Stewart - 2010
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Human capital vs. signalling explanations of wages
Weiss, Andrew M. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 9 (1995) 4, pp. 133-154
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