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Industry-wide work rules and productivity : evidence from Argentine union contract data
Lamarche, Carlos - 2013
In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199012
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Industry-Wide Work Rules and Productivity: Evidence from Argentine Union Contract Data
Lamarche, Carlos - 2013
In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329068
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Industry-Wide Work Rules and Productivity: Evidence from Argentine Union Contract Data
Lamarche, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms … investigate the effect of union practices on productivity within the context of the reform. The findings show that (i) industry …-wide practices on displacement of workers and training have a negative impact on productivity; (ii) work practices do not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796449
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Productivity Dynamics and Structural Change in the U.S. Manufacturing Sector
Krüger, Jens J. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
The paper investigates structural change among the four-digit (SIC) industries of the U.S. manufacturing sector during … productivity change is tested by an application of quantile regression and is found to be significantly positive throughout. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005105656
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Intangibles and the gender wage gap: An analysis of gender wage gaps across occupations in the Finnish private sector
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
- separately for manufacturing and services using Finnish private-sector data. We apply a decomposition method based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326895
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Intangible capital and wages: An analysis of wage gaps across occupations and genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326900
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Heterogeneity in Manufacturing Growth Risk
Opschoor, Daan; van Dijk, Dick; Franses, Philip Hans - 2021
We analyze output growth risk with respect to financial conditions across U.S. manufacturing industries. Using a multi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012606002
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Effects of manufacturing dynamics on returns to education in the North of Mexico
Caamal Olvera, Cinthya G. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
of the country. The manufacturing industry is studied in particular since a large part of the economic activity is … located in the North, relative to the rest of the country’s regions. The change in the manufacturing industry has been … distribution are the ones who seem to be most affected in terms of education investment by the decline of manufacturing activity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107872
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Recovery of the Supply Chain after the 2011 Mega-quake in Japan
Wakasugi, Ryuhei; Tanaka, Ayumu - In: Millennial Asia 6 (2015) 1, pp. 1-18
The 2011 mega-quake in East Japan seriously affected Japanese manufacturers in the Tohoku region. Disaster-hit firms shutdown their operation for a long period after the quake. This article examines what factors prolonged the recovery of plants, using Research Institute for Economy, Trade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212830
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Intangible capital and wages: An analysis of wage gaps across occupations and genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011
This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008917870