Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 216-223).

Thesis (PH. D.)--Columbia University, 1932. / Published also as Studies in history, economics and public law, ed. by the Faculty of political science of Columbia university, no. 380. Bibliography: p. 289-293.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--Srinakharinwirot University, 1986. / In Thai; abstract also in English. Title from leaf [232]: Labour policy of Thai government between B.E. 2475 and 2499. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [205]-229).

Thesis (PH. D.)-Columbia university, 1940. / Vita. "First published 1940." Error in imposition of pages: ix and x follow xii; [iii] and [iv] follow viii. Bibliography: p. 229-241. Bibliographical footnotes.

How have the neoliberal concept of "comparative advantage" and the neostructuralist concept of "systemic competitiveness" interacted with State and capitalist efforts to exert control over labor during the transition from ISI to export-oriented accumulation? How have neoliberal and neostructuralist modes of conceptualizing export competitiveness impacted upon the organization of production, the labor process and the reproduction of labor power in Chile? Grounded on these questions, this dissertation examines how these two schools conceive export-competitiveness and make it operational through different export-promotion policies. Particular attention is placed on the neostructuralist claim that there exist two distinct and separate paths to reach competitiveness: a spurious form attained at the expense of workers' wages and a genuine form rooted in the absorption of technical change. Based on aggregate macroeconomic and macrosocial data, ISIC data at the 3 digit level for manufacturing, as well as three case studies--in textile and metal-working--this dissertation examines whether productive efficiency and export-competitiveness has been attained through a reduction of labor costs, technological innovation, or a combination of both that defies the clear-cut dichotomy posited by neostructuralism. Based on the study of manufacturing exports--where allegedly a 'virtuous circle' would allow for concomitant increases in wages, productivity and the establishment of social accords at the enterprise-level--this dissertation concludes that export competitiveness is rooted in socially constructed relations of power ignored by both neoliberal and neostructuralist theories.

Thesis advisor: Theodore Papageorgiou / Thesis advisor: Robert Ulbricht / This thesis contains three independent essays on topics in macroeconomics and labor economics. In the first chapter, I investigate the implications of the increasing share of older businesses in the United States economy for labor market outcomes across workers in different age groups. I find that over the period 1994-2019, employment and wages fall by more for younger cohorts, driven by a ``firm competition” channel. Moreover, workers are better sorted, but receive a lower share of the match surplus, on average. In the second chapter, my co-author Div Bhagia and I ask whether broad sectoral shifts in labor demand account for the divergence of employment outcomes between Black and White men after 1970. We find that they explain no more than one-fifth of the increase in the employment-to-population ratio gap, and that the widening of this gap is primarily driven by differential responses to labor demand shocks across groups. In the third chapter, I quantify the roles of increases in job separations and decreases in job finding in recessionary increases in unemployment. I find that while job separations lead job finding, both margins contribute significantly to unemployment fluctuations. I conclude that future research should not ignore the interaction between unemployment inflows and unemployment outflows in explaining the cyclical behavior of the labor market. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2023. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Economics.

American companies have experimented with "employee involvement" (EI), also referred to as "workplace democracy," "quality of worklife," and "participatory decision making" since the late 1960's. Results are mixed but interest remains high because organizations that have adapted to this new form are industry leaders. Research of the literature suggested (and this research agrees) that EI will be a long term success when management: (1) shares information and power at all levels of the organizational unit, (2) emphasizes cooperative problem solving to meet organizational goals, and (3) engenders a sense of dignity, meaning and community in every employee in the organizational unit. This study at four manufacturing sites investigates the link between the process of change to EI management and managers' beliefs. In-depth interviews of 25 managers and 8 hourly employees (plus printed matter) provide data for this qualitative research. "Grounded theory" from the data generated five Management Characteristics and seven Antecedents for Change which provide a framework for further analysis of managers' beliefs related to EI. Research sites had different types of manufacturing, different organizational histories, and EI programs were at different stages of development, but 13 themes emerged which were highly consistent (and two themes that were dissimilar were still clearly significant to the change process). The study establishes that both the organizational change process and Antecedents affect a manager's response to EI. Some experiences and beliefs make it easier for a manager to adapt to EI management and some make it more difficult. Antecedents that were shown to have both positive and negative affects on the process include self confidence, family, education, and work experiences, mentors, organizational culture, and personal characteristics, beliefs and values.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-135).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-102).