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Which immigrants are most innovative and entrepreneurial? Distinctions by entry visa
Hunt, Jennifer - 2010
Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269550
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Which Immigrants Are Most Innovative and Entrepreneurial? Distinctions by Entry Visa
Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, I examine how immigrants perform relative to natives in activities likely to increase U.S. productivity, according to the type of visa on which they first entered the United States. Immigrants who first entered on a student/trainee visa or a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008522419
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Analysis of Regional Innovation Performance in Portugal - Results from an External Logistic Biplot Method
Galindo, Purificacion Vicente; de Noronha Vaz, Teresa; … - 2011
to analyse the innovation gradient of each region in Portugal. Our paper presents and systematically investigates these …Portuguese strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy have, over the past two decades, produced various … firms' contribution to national and regional growth, their obstacles and impacts. For the purpose of this paper, innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326179
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Are Intra-Household Allocations Policy Neutral? Theory and Empirical Evidence
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Iyigun, Murat; Lafortune, Jeanne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We develop a collective household model with spousal matching in which there exists marital gains to assortative matching and marriage quality for each couple is revealed ex post. Changes in alimony laws are shown to affect existing couples and couples-to-be differently. For existing couples,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876562
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Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive?
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, Francois; Volral, Mélanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147306
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Profit Sharing and Training
Kraft, Kornelius; Lang, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We analyze the impact of profit sharing on the share of workers receiving training. An effect is plausible because: 1) profit sharing is a credible commitment by firms to reward firm-specific skills acquired by formal or informal training, 2) profit sharing may reduce turnover and increase the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371879
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Who Is Your Perfect Match? Educational Norms, Educational Mismatch and Firm Profitability
Kampelmann, Stephan; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2016
We provide first evidence regarding the direct effect of educational norms and educational mismatch on the bottom line of firms across work environments. To do so, we use rich Belgian linked employer-employee panel data, rely on the methodological approach pioneered by Hellerstein et al. (1999),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653127
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Short Notice, Big Difference? The Effect of Temporary Employment on Firm Competitiveness across Sectors
Giuliano, Romina; Kampelmann, Stephan; Mahy, Benoît; … - 2017
This paper is one of the first to examine how the use of fixed-term employment contracts (FTCs) affects firm competitiveness (i.e. productivity, wages and profits) while controlling for key econometric issues such as time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, endogeneity and state...
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Wage dispersion and firm productivity in different working environments
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2009
has, to our knowledge, never been explored on an empirical basis. Using detailed LEED for Belgium, we find a hump …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271243
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An assignment model with divorce and remarriage
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Iyigun, Murat; Weiss, Yoram - 2008
We develop a two-sided matching model with positive sorting, divorce and remarriage. Match quality for each couple is revealed ex post and those with poor draws divorce. Competition determines lifetime expected utilities but per-period utilities depend on the laws that govern the distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272030