Using "insider econometrics" to study productivity

American Economic Review

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-223

  Bartel, Ann ^a,b   Ichniowski, Casey ^a,b   Shaw, Kathryn ^b,c  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 4043069910     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/0002828041302145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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