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Are shrinking and leisure substitutable? : an empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory

Ross, Stephen L. (contributor); Zenou, Yves (contributor) - 2008

allow for behavioral substitution between leisure time at home and effort at work. In equilibrium, residing at a location … with a long commute affects the time available for leisure at home and therefore affects the trade-off between effort at … wages, which are both consistent with shirking and leisure being substitutable. -- Efficiency wage ; leisure ; urban …

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Spatial distribution of US employment in an urban wage-efficiency setting

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2016

-efficiency background, where leisure and effort at work are complementary. Using data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) for the … relationship between individual earnings and commuting and leisure. Our empirical results show that employment is mostly …

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Spatial distribution of US employment in an urban wage-efficiency setting

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2015

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Are shirking and leisure substitutable? : an empirical test of efficiency wages based on urban economic theory

Ross, Stephen A.; Zenou, Yves - 2008

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Not working at work : loafing, unemployment and labor productivity

Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015

Using the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) 2003-12, we estimate time spent by workers in non-work while on the job. Non-work time is substantial and varies positively with the local unemployment rate. While the average time spent by workers in non-work conditional on any positive non-work rises...

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Not working at work : loafing, unemployment and labor productivity

Burda, Michael C.; Genadek, Katie R.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2015

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Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment

Eriksson, Stefan; Gottfries, Nils - 2000

We formulate an efficiency wage model with on-the-job search where wages depend on turnover and employers may use information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. We show theoretically that ranking of job applicants by employment status affects both...

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Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment

Eriksson, Stefan; Gottfries, Nils - 2003 - Final version

We formulate an efficiency wage model with on-the-job search where wages depend on turnover and employers may use information on whether the searching worker is employed or unemployed as a hiring criterion. We show theoretically that ranking by employment status affects both the level and the...

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An Examination of Trends in Geographic Concentration in U.S. Hog Production : 1974 to 1976

Hubbell, Bryan J. - 1999

Geographic concentration in U.S. hog production from 1974 to 1996 is investigated using a measure based on Theil's entropy index. For the U.S. as a whole, geographic concentration is occurring at a slow rate, both for hog farms and hog numbers. However, for particular states,primarily in the new...

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Racial Enclaves and Density Zoning : The Institutionalized Segregation of Racial Minorities in the United States

Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2010

This paper attempts to explain two basic facts of segregation in the United States in recent decades. The segregation of blacks remains everywhere higher than the segregation of Latinos and Asians, but the levels are converging. Previous research stresses things like urban form and racial...

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