Kathryn L. Shaw

Stanford Graduate School of Business

655 Knight Way

Stanford, CA 94305-5015

United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

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The Value of Bosses

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Value of Bosses

NBER Working Paper No. w18317
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity

NBER Working Paper No. w5333
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 01 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2022
Casey Ichniowski, Kathryn L. Shaw and Giovanna Prennushi
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and World Bank - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PRMVP)
Downloads 392 (156,148)
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Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Jul 2006 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), University of Maryland - Department of Economics, University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Innovation, matched employer-employee data, performance pay, inequality

Reaching for the Stars: Who Pays for Talent in Innovative Industries?

NBER Working Paper No. w12435
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Aug 2006 Last Revised: 25 Dec 2022
University of Maryland - Department of Economics, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), University of California, Irvine - Department of Economics, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Making Do with Less: Working Harder During Recessions

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 14-16
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2014
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Making Do with Less: Working Harder During Recessions

NBER Working Paper No. w19328
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
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Personnel Economics: The Economist's View of Human Resources

NBER Working Paper No. w13653
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 199 (313,063)
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Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility: International Comparisons of the Structure of Wages within and Across Firms

2008 Industry Studies Conference Paper
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Jul 2008
Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Wage Structure, Raises and Mobility: International Comparisons of the Structure of Wages within and Across Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w13654
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 03 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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The Dynamics of Franchise Contracting: Evidence from Panel Data

NBER Working Paper No. w5585
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Jun 2000 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2022
Francine Lafontaine and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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The Dynamics of Franchise Contracting: Evidence from Panel Data

Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 107, No. 5, October 1999
Posted: 26 Oct 1999 Last Revised: 06 Jun 2013
Francine Lafontaine and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business

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How Does Information Technology Really Affect Productivity? Plant-Level Comparisons of Product Innovation, Process Improvement and Worker Skills

NBER Working Paper No. w11773
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 16 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Ann P. Bartel, Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn L. Shaw
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 112 (503,592)
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The Productivity Advantage of Serial Entrepreneurs

NBER Working Paper No. w23320
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 10 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2023
Kathryn L. Shaw and Anders Sorensen
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Copenhagen Business School - Department of Economics
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Targeting Managerial Control: Evidence from Franchising

NBER Working Paper No. w8416
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 13 Aug 2001 Last Revised: 01 Jan 2023
Francine Lafontaine and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Tenure and Output

NBER Working Paper No. w13652
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 03 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Kathryn L. Shaw and Edward P. Lazear
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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What do managers do? 

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2025
Alan Benson and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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JEL Classifications: M5: Personnel economics, M1: Business administration, M2: Business economics, J24: Human capital, skills, occupational choice, productivity, D23: Organizational behavior, transaction costs, property rights, L23: Organization of production Managers, people management, personnel economics, organizational economics, hiring, motivation, training, performance evaluation, monitoring, supervision, incentives, promotions, human resource management

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Insider Econometrics: Empirical Studies of How Management Matters

NBER Working Paper No. w15618
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 01 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2022
Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn L. Shaw
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Serial Entrepreneurship: Learning by Doing?

NBER Working Paper No. w20312
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
Francine Lafontaine and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 86 (600,425)
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Opportunity Counts: Teams and the Effectiveness of Production Incentives

NBER Working Paper No. w8306
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 03 Jun 2001 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022
Brent Boning, Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn L. Shaw
Government of the United States of America - Council of Economic Advisors, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 70 (672,638)
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Do Large Modern Retailers Pay Premium Wages?

NBER Working Paper No. w20313
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Connective Capital as Social Capital: The Value of Problem-Solving Networks for Team Players in Firms

NBER Working Paper No. w15619
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 08 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2023
Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn L. Shaw
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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International Differences in the Adoption and Impact of New Information Technologies and New Hr Practices: The Valve-Making Industry in the U.S. And U.K

NBER Working Paper No. w13651
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 30 Nov 2007 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2022
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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Compensation Matters: Incentives for Multitasking in a Law Firm

NBER Working Paper No. w19412
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 17 Jul 2023
Ann P. Bartel, Brianna Cardiff-Hicks and Kathryn L. Shaw
Columbia University - Columbia Business School, Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Pensions and Wages: An Hedonic Price Theory Approach

NBER Working Paper No. w3458
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 24 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2022
University of Maryland, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Bowling Green State University - Economics
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Pensions and Wage Premia

NBER Working Paper No. w3985
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 10 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 23 Nov 2022
Edward B. Montgomery and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Maryland and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 41 (856,499)
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Who Gets Hired? The Importance of Finding an Open Slot

NBER Working Paper No. w22202
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2023
Edward P. Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw and Christopher Stanton
Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)
Downloads 37 (890,374)
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Productivity and Wages: What Was the Productivity-Wage Link in the Digital Revolution of the Past, and What Might Occur in the Ai Revolution of the Future?

NBER Working Paper No. w30734
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 12 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2023
Edward Lazear, Kathryn L. Shaw, Grant Hayes and James Jedras
Stanford University, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago and Stanford University
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Managers and the Management of Organizations

NBER Working Paper No. w30730
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2023
Donald John Roberts and Kathryn L. Shaw
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford Graduate School of Business
Downloads 30 (955,604)

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What Do Managers Do? An Economist's Perspective

NBER Working Paper No. w33431
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 Feb 2025
Alan Benson and Kathryn L. Shaw
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Carlson School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Industrial Change and Wage Inequality: Evidence from the Steel Industry

Posted: 16 Aug 2001
University of Pittsburgh - Office of the Provost, Williams College - Department of Economics and Stanford Graduate School of Business

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