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Information Technology, Organizational Form, and Transition to the Market

Earle, John S.; Pagano, Ugo; Lesi, Maria - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

The paper reviews theories of information technology adoption and organizational form and applies them to an empirical analysis of firm choices and characteristics in four transition economies: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia. We argue that these economies have gone through...

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An Analysis of Risk-Taking Behavior for Public Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Lester, T. William; Lowe, Nichola; Freyer, Allan - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2012

State incentive granting for the purpose of firm retention or recruitment remains highly controversial and is often portrayed as antithetical to long-range economic development planning. This paper uses quasi-experimental methods to measure the impact of state-level economic development...

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The Impact of Financialization on Management and Employment Outcomes

Batt, Rosemary; Appelbaum, Eileen - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2013

This paper examines three questions: 1) How and why have financial models of doing business emerged in the last three decades? 2) What new forms of financial capitalism have become important in the current period? 3) How do new financial intermediaries, such as private equity, and the financial...

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Teacher Performance Incentives and Student Outcomes

Eberts, Randall; Hollenbeck, Kevin; Stone, Joe - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2000

This paper reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of individual merit pay systems for teachers on student achievement, and it presents new empirical results based on a system established within a collective bargaining environment. While many merit pay systems have been established in school...

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Marital Status and Full-time/Part-time Work Status in Child Care Choices: Changing the Rules of the Game

Connelley, Rachel; Kimmel, Jean - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1999

In an industrialized economy, it is nearly impossible to engage in market work while simultaneously caring for young children. Thus, if a mother is to engage in such work, someone else must care for her children during work hours. However, non-maternal child care is often expensive or of poor...

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Efficient Bargains in the Context of Recent Labour Market Experience and Policy

Hart, Robert A.; Moutos, Thomas - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1990

In Europe in recent times, bargaining between a leading nationally-based industrial union and a representative group of employers over the issues of employment, wages and working time has proved to be influential in a much wider industrial context. Adopting a generalized Nash bargaining...

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Using Performance Indicators to Improve the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 1995

This paper argues that it is feasible to develop good indicators of the performance of a particular welfare …-to-work program, office, or contractor. Performance indicators can motivate local offices, contractors, and staff to be more effective … in achieving the program's goals. Performance indicators can provide information on what program strategies lead to the …

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