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Ruling Out Productivity? Labor Contract Pages and Plant Performance / Casey Ichniowski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ichniowski, Casey.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w1368.
- NBER working paper series no. w1368
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industrial productivity.
- Labor unions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1984.
- Cambridge : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1984.
- Summary:
- This study documents a strong inverse relationship between number of pages of labor contracts in effect and the productivity observed in a sample of ten unionized plants. It is argued that this relationship reflects the productivity-inhibiting effects of increases in the number and complexity of work rules. The study also argues that subsequent research should try to improve the measurement of work rules by considering the substance of the rules and which parameters of a production function the rules are likely to affect.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- June 1984.
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