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Why Do Leaders Matter? The Role of Expert Knowledge
Goodall, Amanda H.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders’ characteristics. We show that a strong predictor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822232
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Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-Selection, Learning from Importing, or Both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822289
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The Contribution of Vocational Training to Employment, Job-Related Skills and Productivity: Evidence from Madeira Island
Budria, Santiago; Pereira, Pedro T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
training program along three dimensions: employment, job-related skills and productivity. We find that respondents score …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822391
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Understanding the Contributions of Reallocation to Productivity Growth: Lessons from a Comparative Firm-Level Analysis
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
aggregate productivity growth during the socialist and reform periods in six transition economies. Modifying a standard … decomposition technique to better reflect the role of firm entry, we find that reallocation rates and productivity contributions are … very low under socialism. After reforms, they rise dramatically, and productivity contributions greatly exceed those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822646
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Do High-Skill Immigrants Raise Productivity? Evidence from Israeli Manufacturing Firms, 1990-1999
Paserman, Daniele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
During the second part of the 1990s, the Israeli economy experienced a surge in labor productivity and total factor … productivity, which was driven primarily by the manufacturing sector. This surge in productivity coincided with the full absorption … concentration of immigrants experienced increases in productivity. The analysis shows that there is no correlation between immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822737
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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity: Evidence from Micro Data
Haskel, Jonathan; Sadun, Raffaella - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … productivity works out at about £80,000 per small chain supermarket store. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822914
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Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer
Lichter, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Sommer, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data … and players. Our analysis shows negative and non-linear effects of air pollution on short-run productivity. We further …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245918
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Occupational safety and health in Thailand : a country report for ILO/ADB RETA Project: 5887: strengthening the role of labour standards in selected developing member countries
Chaikittiporn, Chalermchai - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002
Reviews the organization of occupational safety and health (OSH) at the national level in Thailand and, based on a survey of 23 small and medium size enterprises, examines the situation in manufacturing industries. Outlines a development plan for OSH and the environment and makes recommendations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212589
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ASEAN Community 2015 managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity in Myanmar
Nyo, Myat Khet - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2015
The paper explores the potential impact of regional economic integration on Myanmar, a country that has suffered from more than 20 years of Western sanctions. The country’s accession into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) offered economic and trading opportunities, while the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212593
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Robots at Work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214029