New Organizational Practices and Working Conditions: Evidence from France in the 1990’s

Philippe Askenazy, Eve Caroli and Vincent Marcus
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Vincent Marcus: Ecole Normale Supérieure

No 2002021, Discussion Papers (REL - Recherches Economiques de Louvain) from Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES)

Abstract: We investigate the impact of innovative work practices on working conditions. We use a unique French dataset providing information on individual workers for year 1998. New work practices which play a key role in the success of the new economy, include job rotation and the use of quality norms. Working conditions are captured by occupational injuries as well as indicators of mental strain. Using Rubin's causal model, we show that, even after controlling for employee and job characteristics and correcting for sample selection bias, workers involved in the new work practices still face working conditions that are significantly worse than those of non innovative workers.

Keywords: New work practices; Technology; Occupational injuries; Working conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2002-06-01
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