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Table 6 Additional empirical evidence on 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)

(5)

(6)

Displacement

-0.262

-0.359

-0.224

-0.198

-0.323

-0.276

 

(0.092)

(0.168)

(0.114)

(0.137)

(0.142)

(0.263)

After reforms

2.962

2.031

3.140

1.841

0.970

1.911

 

(0.179)

(0.374)

(0.155)

(0.301)

(0.494)

(0.307)

Displacement after reforms

0.641

0.709

0.175

0.200

0.348

0.302

 

(0.118)

(0.200)

(0.146)

(0.210)

(0.171)

(0.309)

Categories

-0.065

-0.350

-0.415

-0.289

-0.385

-0.572

 

(0.085)

(0.111)

(0.109)

(0.211)

(0.181)

(0.423)

After reforms

2.973

1.956

3.023

1.868

1.062

1.987

 

(0.158)

(0.353)

(0.118)

(0.314)

(0.475)

(0.369)

Categories after reforms

0.509

0.686

0.260

0.074

0.039

0.041

 

(0.094)

(0.161)

(0.122)

(0.201)

(0.226)

(0.345)

Technology

0.233

-0.001

-0.062

-0.267

-0.318

-0.357

 

(0.105)

(0.153)

(0.171)

(0.193)

(0.216)

(0.233)

After reforms

3.024

2.110

2.849

1.624

0.783

1.600

 

(0.187)

(0.357)

(0.178)

(0.320)

(0.512)

(0.359)

Technology after reforms

0.412

0.510

0.745

0.725

0.751

1.046

 

(0.130)

(0.180)

(0.209)

(0.246)

(0.266)

(0.417)

Training

-0.189

-0.255

-0.571

-0.198

-0.247

-0.789

 

(0.111)

(0.163)

(0.155)

(0.156)

(0.151)

(0.246)

After reforms

3.108

2.227

2.803

1.777

0.958

1.594

 

(0.165)

(0.340)

(0.145)

(0.246)

(0.507)

(0.211)

Training after reforms

0.393

0.397

0.965

0.357

0.397

1.153

 

(0.110)

(0.131)

(0.180)

(0.158)

(0.213)

(0.317)

Basic controls

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Additional controls

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

State effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Industry effects

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Number of observations

1945

1030

1945

1090

899

1090

  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.