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DevelopmentEconomics

GlobalIndicatorsGroup

May2024

PolicyResearchWorkingPaper10761

Abstract

Thispaperdocumentsthatseniorplantmanagersinevenwhenthetimeburdenissymmetricacrossallplants.

less-developedcountriesspendmoretimedealingwithgov-Quantitativeresultsshowthatincreasingtheburdenon

ernmentrulesandregulationsthantheircounterpartsinmanagers’timefromthelevelsobservedinDenmarktothe

richercountries.Thesefactsareinterpretedthroughthelenshigherlevelsobservedinpoorercountrieshavesubstantial

ofaspan-of-controlgrowthmodel,inwhichtopmanagersconsequences.Imposingtheaveragetimespentonregula-

runheterogeneousproductionplants,employingmiddletionsinArgentinareducesaggregateoutputbyabout1/3

managersaswellasproductionworkers.Themodelimpliesandmeanplantsizebymorethan5employees.Results

thatincreasingthetimeburdenontopmanagementleadscontributetorationalizingdifferencesinplantsizeand

toequilibriumchangesinwages,occupationalsorting,the