Browsing by Author "O'Brien, A. Maureen"
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Item The Analysis of Labor Productivity Effects on Regional Growth(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Lichty, Richard W; Lim, Kai HItem The Choice between Fixed and Variable Rate Mortgages: Evidence from National Data(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1987) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Wong, Shee QThis paper investigates the choice between fixed and adjustable rate mortgages based on national data. Using a probit specification, the choice theorectic model includes the mortgage price variables, borrower and city characteristics. Once intercity variations are controlled for, the likelihood ratio tests provide evidence that, in addition to the conventional price variables, both borrower and city characteristics play a significant role in the choice among mortgage instruments.Item A Comparison of Labor Relations in the United States and United Kingdom: The Case of the Air Traffic Controllers(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1986) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Marett, PamItem The Formal and Informal Utilization of Temporary Office Workers in a Local Economy(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1990-07) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Merrier, Patricia AThe purpose of this study was to determine how and why temporary workers are used in Duluth, Minnesota. A survey was developed and distributed to a sample of 500 member companies listed in the 1989 Directory of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce. Usable responses were received from 153 Chamber members. Data were analyzed using the frequency distribution and chi-square analysis subprograms of SPSS-X. Chamber members who responded to the survey indicated that they were more likely to direct-hire temporary employees than they were to obtain additional help through a temporary employment agency. Agency employees were most frequently used to cover vacancies created by a brief vacation or a resignation.Item The Gender Effect of Unisex Pension Benefits: Will the Supreme Court Decision be Torn Asunder?(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1986) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Steinnes, Donald NItem Industrial Structure and Economic Growth: Simulating the Cumulative Causation Hypothesis(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1989) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Lichty, Richard WItem Intercity Variations in Mortgage Composition(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1988) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Wong, Shee QThis paper examines the determinants of mortgage composition across cities. Mortgage composition is specified in terms of both the proportion of the number as well as the dollar amount of adjustable rate mortgages relative to the total amount of mortgages demanded. Our results suggest that in addition to mortgage price, variables reflecting borrower and city characteristics contribute significantly to explaining intercity variations in mortgage composition.Item Optimum Skill Mix Choice and Maximizing Job Performance: Ranking Occupations Using a DEA Framework(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1999) Raab, Raymond L; O'Brien, A. Maureen; Kotamraju, PradeepA programming approach, data envelopment analysis (DEA), will sort and rank occupations on the basis of maximizing skills required and minimizing that occupation’s wage resulting in a set of “hiring” efficiency scores. This procedure improves Borda rankings (rankings based on the average of rankings of the individual components), fixed weight, or subjective weighting schemes. In DEA the linear programming weights or coefficients are explicitly chosen to maximize the discrimination between the skills and wages. A rank correlation between the efficiency scores and various work and demographic variables is performed. The results show a negative correlation between the wage rate and efficiency scores. This implies that employers, when recruiting for workers, find it much easier to “hit the mark” in terms of achieving an optimum skill mix, for low-wage jobs than when recruiting workers for high-wage jobs. This conclusion has broad implications for career tracking and career mapping, particularly when workforce shortages make employee recruitment and retention extremely critical.Item Some Social Costs of Unemployment: A Regional Analysis(Bureau of Business and Economic Research, 1988) O'Brien, A. Maureen; Junk, Paul E