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The paper examines of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organisation away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the exsisting literature on the division of labour...
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Macroeconomic shocks and labour-market institutions jointly determine employment growth and economic performance. The effect of shocks depends on the nature of these intitutions and the effect of institutional change depends on the macroeconomic environment. It follows that a given set of...
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We present a new partial equilibrium theory of price adjustment, based on consumer loss aversion. In line with prospect … theory, the consumers' perceived utility losses from price increases are weighted more heavily than the perceived utility … an otherwise standard dynamic neoclassical model of monopolistic competition. The resulting theory of price adjustment is …
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We present a new theory of wage adjustment, based on worker loss aversion. In line with prospect theory, the workers … wage. Firms adjust wages flexibly in response to variations in labor demand. The resulting theory of wage adjustment is …
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We present a new theory of wage adjustment, based on worker loss aversion. In line with prospect theory, the workers … price. Firms adjust wages flexibly in response to variations in labor demand. The resulting theory of wage adjustment is …
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