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Table 3 Results of the effect of individual work rules on productivity

From: Industry-wide work rules and productivity: evidence from Argentine union contract data

 

Labor productivity specifications

Individual working rules

Level

Growth

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Displacement

-0.331

-0.321

-0.488

-0.475

 

(0.152)

(0.191)

(0.239)

(0.262)

After reforms

2.130

2.129

1.052

1.048

 

(0.350)

(0.197)

(0.515)

(0.269)

Displacement after reforms

0.367

0.364

0.544

0.546

 

(0.120)

(0.227)

(0.259)

(0.305)

F-test (p-value)

-

0.000

-

0.000

Sargan test (p-value)

-

0.209

-

0.330

Categories

-0.628

-0.616

-0.779

-0.763

 

(0.162)

(0.185)

(0.465)

(0.246)

After reforms

2.053

2.056

1.250

1.250

 

(0.404)

(0.209)

(0.573)

(0.285)

Categories after reforms

0.340

0.336

0.020

0.021

 

(0.177)

(0.224)

(0.412)

(0.302)

F-test (p-value)

-

0.000

-

0.000

Sargan test (p-value)

-

0.757

-

0.870

Technology

-0.195

-0.192

-0.421

-0.415

 

(0.195)

(0.206)

(0.271)

(0.287)

After reforms

1.863

1.860

0.776

0.767

 

(0.357)

(0.187)

(0.555)

(0.256)

Technology after reforms

0.905

0.910

1.183

1.197

 

(0.243)

(0.254)

(0.438)

(0.351)

F-test (p-value)

-

0.000

-

0.000

Sargan test (p-value)

-

0.780

-

0.158

Training

-0.545

-0.546

-0.867

-0.869

 

(0.223)

(0.211)

(0.278)

(0.291)

After reforms

1.861

1.857

0.837

0.819

 

(0.364)

(0.199)

(0.521)

(0.270)

Training after reforms

0.970

0.977

1.196

1.225

 

(0.215)

(0.280)

(0.305)

(0.383)

F-test (p-value)

-

0.000

-

0.000

Sargan test (p-value)

-

0.671

-

0.910

Basic and additional controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

State effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of observations

1030

1030

899

899

  1. The symbols , , denote statistically different from zero at the 0.10, 0.05, and 0.01 level of significance. Clustered standard errors are in parentheses.