Fear factor
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This article is about the term "fear factor" in its economic sense. For other uses, see Fear factor (disambiguation).
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The fear factor, coined by business professor Andrew Spencer Martin, in occupational terminology refers to the increased per-worker productivity resulting from the threat of impending layoffs. Some economists have proposed that the economic growth during the early 2000s jobless recovery is a result of this phenomenon.
