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INDIVISIBLE LABOR, LOTTERIES AND IDIOSYNCRATIC PRODUCTIVITY SHOCKS [PDF]

This paper extends the indivisible-labor model by Hansen (1985) and Rogerson (1988) to include multiple consumers who differ in initial wealth and whose labor productivities are subject to idiosyncratic shocks.
Lilia Maliar, Serguei Maliar
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The Division of Labor, Coordination Costs and the Growth of Government [PDF]

The paper develops a dynamic, general equilibrium model of specialization-driven growth in which the private cost of coordinating among specialists is a function of public expenditure on physical and institutional infrastructure.
Lewis S. Davis
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ROBOTIZATION IN FUNCTION OF THE HUMANIZATION OF LABOR

SCIENCE International Journal
The labor is a guarantee of economic, social and biological security and reproduction of man. The rapid development of technology, and in this context, robotics, brings with itself new opportunities for a better life of man, but also new dangers. One of these dangers is a reduction of the number of the workplaces on which man's labor will be required ...
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ANALYSIS OF PRODUCTION STRUCTURE OF THE CANADIAN PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY : 1961-1996 [PDF]

A translog cost function with factor inputs of capital, labor, energy and materials was estimated for the Canadian pulp and paper industry over the period of 1961 to 1996.
Habteyonas, Michael
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Labor Differentiation and Agglomeration in General Equilibrium [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to explore the structure of cities as a function of labor differentiation, gains to trade, a fixed cost for constructing the transportation network, a variable cost of commodity transport, and the commuting costs of consumers ...
Marcus Berliant, Yves Zenou
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Smallholder Supply Response and Gender in Ethiopia: A Profit Function Analysis [PDF]

, 2004
Empirical studies on gender and agricultural productivity are typically based on production function estimates of a single crop or aggregate output, ignoring the role of prices and endogeneity of input choice.
Suleiman, A.
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Fixed Costs and Labor Supply [PDF]

This study is a theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of time and money costs of labor market participation on married women's supply behavior.
John F. Cogaj
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Collective Labor Supply: a Single-Equation Model and Some Evidence from French Data [PDF]

In Chiappori's (1988) collective model of labor supply hours of work are supposed flexible. In many countries, however, male labor supply does not vary much.
Nicolas Moreau, Olivier Donni
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Trade and Wages: A Deeper Investigation [PDF]

A new presentation of the specific factors model shows how labor fares under international trade by considering how the price elasticity of the nominal wage rate responds to the terms of trade as well as factor endowments.
Ronald W Jones, Ruffin, Roy J
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Do labor market conditions affect the strictness of employment protection legislation? [PDF]

We provide a theoretical microfoundation for the negative relationship between firing costs and labor market tightness and its effects on labor market performance. The optimal level of firing costs is chosen by the employed worker i.e.
Enrico Saltari, Riccardo Tilli
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