Raymond Robertson

Task assignment and restaurant output: a simulation analysis

Purpose This study isolates the output contribution of productivity-based task assignment in a fixed workforce and examines how that contribution changes with worker heterogeneity, cross-group comparative advantage and the correlation between task productivities. Design/methodolo...

Crisis, segmentation, and immigrant labor market incorporation: COVID-19 in the U.S. restaurant industry

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic generated an unprecedented labor market shock that disproportionately affected face-to-face service sectors central to immigrant employment. This study examines whether the pandemic reaffirmed or revealed limits to the narrative of immigrant resilie...