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Growth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal?

Alfaro, Laura; Charlton, Andrew - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007

In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship between FDI and growth. We use 'quality' to mean the effect of a unit of FDI on economic growth. However this is difficult to establish because it is a function of many different country and project...

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Peer Effects in Science - Evidence from the Dismissal of Scientists in Nazi Germany

Waldinger, Fabian - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2009

and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual … affect a researcher's productivity. Among co-authors, however, there is strong and significant evidence that peer quality … affects a researcher's productivity. Loosing a co-author of average quality reduces the productivity of an average scientist …

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Basic Research and Sequential Innovation

Belenzon, Sharon - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2006

problem of underinvestment in basic research is confirmed: spillovers of more general knowledge (and in this respect, more …

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Foreign Direct Investment and Domestic Entrepreneurship: Blessing or Curse?

Estrin, Saul; Danakol, Seçil Hülya; Reynolds, Paul; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

between FDI and entrepreneurship; positive spillovers via dissemination of technology or negative because of crowding out. Our …

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Fracking Growth

Fetzer, Thiemo - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

This paper estimates the effect of the shale oil and gas boom in the United States on local economic outcomes. The main source of exogenous variation to be explored is the location of previously unexplored shale deposits. These have become technologically recoverable through the use of hydraulic...

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Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation

Aghion, Philippe; Besley, Timothy; Browne, John; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are longstanding structural …

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Why are Higher Skilled Workers More Mobile Geographically? The Role of the Job Surplus

Amior, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which impede job search in general, they also help overcome...

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The Relative Economic Importance of Academic, Psychological and Behavioural Attributes Developed on Chilhood

Feinstein, L - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000

This paper makes use of the substantial information about the psychological and behavioural development of children by age ten in the 1970 Cohort to predict later, economic outcomes, namely qualifications, employment and earnings. It is found that this previously unobserved individual...

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Immigration, the European Union and the UK Labour Market

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …

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Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The latest evidence from economic research

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …

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