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Compensating the “Human Costs” of Increased Productivity of Fluid Milk Drivers
Author(s) -
Sleight Lynn G.,
Gruebele James W.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1238613
Subject(s) - severance , productivity , limiting , business , compensation (psychology) , labour economics , mechanism (biology) , economics , industrial organization , natural resource economics , microeconomics , engineering , economic growth , mechanical engineering , psychology , psychoanalysis , philosophy , epistemology
Abstract “Productivity bargaining” provides a mechanism for sharing mutual benefits of increased productivity between management and labor. Minneapolis milk driver contract provisions limit wholesale route size, thus limiting driver productivity. Using severance pay as an example of “human cost” compensation, calculations demonstrate potential bargainable gains from increasing productivity through larger routes.

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