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Globalization, productivity growth, and labor compensation
Dreger, Christian; Fourné, Marius; Holtemöller, Oliver - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023 - This version: December 18, 2023
We analyze how changes in international trade integration affect productivity and the functional income distribution … trade integration increases productivity. Moreover, we show that both trade in intermediate inputs and trade in value added … in value added on the labor share of income. Further, we show that the effects on productivity and labor share are …
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century
Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank
The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895474
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Skill mismatch and the costs of job displacement
Neffke, Frank; Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024 - This version: January 14, 2024
Establishment closures have lasting negative consequences for the workers they displace from their jobs. We study how these consequences vary with the amount of skill mismatch that workers experience after job displacement. Developing new measures of occupational skill redundancy and skill...
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Returns to Higher Education in Chile and Colombia
González-Velosa, Carolina; Rucci, Graciana; Sarzosa, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
with relevant skills and capabilities. In light of our results, it is not clear that the higher education systems in these …
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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
productivity or an intrusion of politics into the workplace. In spite of these strong opinions, the effects of unions in Latin … impact of unions on private-sector firm performance, agricultural productivity, and educational outcomes in public school …
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
productivity, but the impact is heterogeneous across programs and indicators of firm performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651824
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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America
Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank
productivity or an intrusion of politics into the workplace. In spite of these strong opinions, the effects of unions in Latin … impact of unions on private-sector firm performance, agricultural productivity, and educational outcomes in public school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772517
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Public Programs, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Chile
Alvarez, Roberto; Crespi, Gustavo; Cuevas, Conrado - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
productivity, but the impact is heterogeneous across programs and indicators of firm performance. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653084
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Gender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo R. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation and wage gaps. The results suggest that the complete...
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