The Guy at the Controls: Labor Quality and Power Plant Efficiency /
Bushnell, James B.
The Guy at the Controls: Labor Quality and Power Plant Efficiency / James B. Bushnell, Catherine Wolfram. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w13215 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w13215. .
July 2007.
This paper examines the impact of individual human operators on the fuel efficiency of power plants. Although electricity generation is a fuel and capital intensive enterprise, anecdotal evidence, interviews, and empirical analysis support the hypothesis that labor, particularly power plant operators, can have a non-trivial impact on the operating efficiency of the plant. We present evidence to demonstrate these effects and survey the policies and practices of electricity producing firms that either reduce or exacerbate fuel efficiency differences across individual plant operators.
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The Guy at the Controls: Labor Quality and Power Plant Efficiency / James B. Bushnell, Catherine Wolfram. - Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2007. - 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white); - NBER working paper series no. w13215 . - Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w13215. .
July 2007.
This paper examines the impact of individual human operators on the fuel efficiency of power plants. Although electricity generation is a fuel and capital intensive enterprise, anecdotal evidence, interviews, and empirical analysis support the hypothesis that labor, particularly power plant operators, can have a non-trivial impact on the operating efficiency of the plant. We present evidence to demonstrate these effects and survey the policies and practices of electricity producing firms that either reduce or exacerbate fuel efficiency differences across individual plant operators.
System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.