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Uterine Contractions Preceding Labor

Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2007
To evaluate whether 12 contractions in 1 hour is a meaningful signal that spontaneous labor has begun or is imminent.This prospective observational cohort study includes all women reporting contractions who presented to a labor and delivery triage unit between August 1 and October 31, 2006, who met the following criteria: 1) 36 0/7 to 41 6/7 weeks of ...
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Pensions in Labor Contracts

International Economic Review, 1988
This paper cosiders the optimality of a two-period employment contract between a firm and a worker under asymmetric information and risk aversion. In this contract, the firm provides the worker with insurance against states of low consumption that arise from volatile productivities as well as from quits and dismissals.
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Optimal Length of Labor Contracts

International Economic Review, 1985
One of the most important parameters of a labor contract is its length, yet contract length has received relatively little attention by economists. The lack of attention to contract length might be justified if contract lengths were stable over time, but union labor contracts have fluctuated in length from one to five years. In this paper, we study the
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Capitalized Labor Contracts

SSRN Electronic Journal, 1997
This paper investigates the effects of capitalizing expected compensation costs associated with labor union contracts. The approach treats employment similarly to capitalized leases. The value of capitalized compensation is comparable in magnitude to the value of all currently recognized assets, indicating a potentially important role for compensation.
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Implicit Contracts with Heterogeneous Labor

Journal of Labor Economics, 1985
The formation of implicit contracts in labor markets with heterogeneous employees is studied. If layoffs occur, the firm finds it optimal to offer differing contracts to differing employees, with employees who place a higher priority on leisure accepting contracts with higher layoff probabilities.
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