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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Black, Sandra E. | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Lynch, Lisa M. | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2012-08-17T14:26:54Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2012-08-17T14:26:54Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2001 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/60637 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | Using a unique nationally representative sample of U.S. establishments surveyed in both 1993 and 1996, we examine the relationship between workplace innovations and establishment productivity and wages. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we find evidence that high-performance workplace practices are associated with both higher productivity and higher wages. Specifically, we find a positive and significant relationship between the proportion of non-managers using computers and the productivity of establishments. We find that firms re-engineer their workplaces and incorporate` more high-performance practices experience higher productivity. For example, profit sharing is associated with increased productivity, and employee voice has a large positive effect on productivity when it is implemented in the context of unionized establishments. These workplace practices appear to explain a large part of the movement in multifactor productivity over the 1993-96 period. When we examine the determinants of wages within these establishments, we find that re-engineering a workplace to incorporate more high-performance practices leads to higher wages. However, increasing the usage of profit sharing results in lower regular pay for workers, especially technical workers and clerical/sales workers. Finally, increasing the percentage of workers meeting regularly in groups has a larger positive effect on wages in unionized establishments. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Federal Reserve Bank of New York New York, NY | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of New York 118 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D24 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J24 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J31 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J33 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J51 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | M12 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Wages | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Labor productivity | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Technology | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Labor unions | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Arbeitsgestaltung | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Arbeitsorganisation | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Produktivität | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Lohn | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | USA | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | New Economy | | en_US |
| dc.title | | What's driving the new economy: The benefits of workplace innovation | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 331485036 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | Staff Reports, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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