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Table 4 The effect of complementary work rules on productivity

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

 

Labor productivity specifications

Complementary practices

Levels

Growth

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Displacement

-0.649

-0.649

-1.088

-1.089

 

(0.136)

(0.244)

(0.302)

(0.329)

Categories

-0.772

-0.749

-0.588

-0.560

 

(0.303)

(0.285)

(0.646)

(0.381)

Technology

0.123

0.117

-0.025

-0.034

 

(0.211)

(0.286)

(0.353)

(0.391)

Training

-0.328

-0.329

-0.667

-0.666

 

(0.251)

(0.279)

(0.312)

(0.386)

After reforms

1.630

1.631

0.676

0.670

 

(0.398)

(0.239)

(0.556)

(0.327)

Displacement after reforms

-0.247

-0.236

0.129

0.143

 

(0.276)

(0.275)

(0.381)

(0.371)

Categories after reforms

0.195

0.188

-0.367

-0.372

 

(0.280)

(0.275)

(0.504)

(0.371)

Technology after reforms

0.831

0.843

1.193

1.216

 

(0.355)

(0.449)

(0.505)

(0.603)

Training after reforms

0.799

0.786

1.038

1.024

 

(0.260)

(0.383)

(0.302)

(0.516)

F-test (p-value)

-

0.000

-

0.000

Sargan test (p-value)

-

0.695

-

0.568

Basic controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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.