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Flexible institutional arrangements and labour productivity: the case of transit industry in the United States
Author(s) -
Smirnova Olga V.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12169
Subject(s) - productivity , labour economics , transit (satellite) , economics , corporate governance , business , macroeconomics , public transport , finance , engineering , transport engineering
Using the US National Transit Database 1994–2006, the manuscript empirically tests the influence of several institutional arrangements on labour productivity. The main finding of the paper is that not all flexible institutional arrangements may translate into labour productivity gains in the mass transit. While partial contracting may increase labour productivity in the US transit sector during the study period, the special governance actually decreases labour productivity. The potential implications for improvements in labour productivity are discussed.