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Regional productivity effects of multinational firm affiliates

Andersson, Martin; Gråsjö, Urban; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014

have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in … several different countries. As illustrated by the so-called ‘anchor-tenant’ hypothesis, they can be described as “knowledge …

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An Innovation Policy Framework: Bridging the gap between industrial dynamics and growth

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2015

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … accumulation, investment, and upgrading of knowledge and (ii) the implementation of mechanisms that enable knowledge to be … exploited such that growth and societal prosperity are encouraged. Knowledge is a necessary but far from sufficient condition …

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Innovation, Technology and Knowledge

Karlsson, Charlie; Johansson, Börje; Norman, Therese - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2011

and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic … multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven …This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation …

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Productivity As If Space Mattered: An Application to Factor Markets Across China

Cheng, Wenya; Morrow, John; Tacharoen, Kitjawat - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

Optimal production decisions depend on local market characteristics. This paper develops a model to explain firm labor demand and firm density across regions. Firms vary in their technology to combine imperfectly substitutable worker types, and locate across regions with distinct distributions...

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Sexism at work

Erikssoon, Björn; Karlsson, Tobias; Leunig, Tim; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

Women have, on average, been less well-paid than men throughout history. Prior to 1900, most economic historians see the gender wage gap as a reflection of men's greater strength and correspondingly higher productivity. This paper investigates the gender wage gap in cigar making around 1900....

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Exporters, Spin-outs and Firm Performance

Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

channel of transferring knowledge from exporting firms to new ventures. …

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Wage Inequality,Technology and Trade: 21st Century Evidence

Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

This paper describes and explains some of the principal trends in the wage and skill distribution in recent decades. There have been sharp increases in wage inequality across the OECD, beginning with the US and UK at the end of the 1970s. A good fraction of this inequality growth is due to...

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Medium and Long Run Prospects for UK Growth in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis

Oulton, Nicholas - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

The productivity performance of the UK economy in the period 1990-2007 was excellent. Based entirely on pre-crisis data, and using a two-sector growth model, I project the future growth rate of GDP per hour in the market sector to be 2.61% p.a. But the financial crisis and the Great Recession...

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The Neighborhood or the Region? Untangling the density-productivity relationship using geocoded data

Larsson, Johan P. - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013

I analyze the effects of sub-city level density of economic activity on worker productivity. Using a geocoded dataset on employment and wages in the city areas of Sweden, the analysis is based on squares representing “neighborhoods” (0.0625 km2), “districts” (1 km2), and...

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All-Star or Benchwarmer? Relative Age, Cohort Size and Career Success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as a function of the demographic conditions into which they were born. We have three main findings. First, larger birth cohorts substantially affect careers. A player born into a...

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