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School reform, school size, and student achievement
An estimation of the effect of school size on student achievement, with the results suggesting that market-based school reform could enhance student performance if the reform reduced school size.
Working Paper
Unionization and cost of production: compensation, productivity, and factor-use effects
A demonstration that unionization can affect cost of production through increases in compensation, through shifts in technologies, and through deviations from the least-cost combination of inputs (the factor-use effect).
Journal Article
Metropolitan wage differentials: can Cleveland still compete?
A look at the Cleveland metropolitan labor market as a point of comparison to highlight how labor costs in a major industrial city fare with respect to other U.S. cities. ; A look at the Cleveland metropolitan labor market as a point of comparison to highlight how labor costs in a major industrial city fare with respect to other U.S. cities.
Journal Article
Labor cost differentials: causes and consequences
A discussion of the complex relationship between labor costs and economic growth, with the contention that labor costs not only help determine rates of economic growth, but also respond to growth.