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Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken? : an empirical analysis using nationally representative data
Burks, Stephen V.; Monaco, Kristen A. - 2018
The US trucking industry trade press often portrays the US labor market for truck drivers as not working, citing … persistent driver shortages and high levels of firm‐level turnover, and predicting significant resulting constraints on the … workforce. Second, from the same source we find that the trucking labor market has displayed some characteristics of a "tight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011912801
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Is the U.S. labor market for truck drivers broken?
Burks, Stephen V.; Monaco, Kristen A. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911269
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Training contracts, employee turnover, and the returns from firm-sponsored general training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we show that two training contracts significantly reduced post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671009
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Worker overconfidence : field evidence and implications for employee turnover and returns from training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
Combining weekly productivity data with weekly productivity beliefs for a large sample of truckers over two years, we show that workers tend to systematically and persistently over-predict their productivity. If workers are overconfident about their own productivity at the current firm relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011664442
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Training Contracts, Employee Turnover, and the Returns from Firm-Sponsored General Training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we show that two training contracts significantly reduced post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744547
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Is the U.S. Labor Market for Truck Drivers Broken? An Empirical Analysis Using Nationally Representative Data
Burks, Stephen V. - 2018
The US trucking industry trade press often portrays the US labor market for truck drivers as not working, citing … persistent driver shortages and high levels of firm‐level turnover, and predicting significant resulting constraints on the … workforce.Second, from the same source we find that the trucking labor market has displayed some characteristics of a "tight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910747
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Worker Overconfidence: Field Evidence and Implications for Employee Turnover and Returns from Training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
Combining weekly productivity data with weekly productivity beliefs for a large sample of truckers over two years, we show that workers tend to systematically and persistently over-predict their productivity. If workers are overconfident about their own productivity at the current firm relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744506
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Hybrid (Solo)Self-Employment and Upskilling: Is Online Platform Work a Path Towards Entrepreneurship?
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Ranieri, Antonio - 2022
The increasing use of online labour platforms as intermediaries for finding work – known as crowdwork or gig work – is a new form of 'hybrid' (solo)self-employment that hinges on the borders of dependent and self-employment. In this study we use a novel international dataset of online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351883
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Hybrid (solo)self-employment and upskilling : is online platform work a path towards entrepreneurship?
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Ranieri, Antonio - 2022
The increasing use of online labour platforms as intermediaries for finding work - known as crowdwork or gig work - is a new form of 'hybrid' (solo)self-employment that hinges on the borders of dependent and self-employment. In this study we use a novel international dataset of online platform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013260144
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Getting from 'Keep Out' to 'Lean In' : A New Roadmap for Women's Careers
Gersick, Connie - 2014
Forty years ago, a generation of American women embarked on careers they had never anticipated, knowing almost nothing about what their futures would be like. Now these pioneers are nearing retirement. A lifetime of results are in, and debate is raging about women's progress, what they can do,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013063174