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Restructuring And Productivity Growth In UK Manufacturing

Disney, Richard F; Haskel, Jonathan; Heden, Ylva - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We analyse productivity growth in UK manufacturing 1980-92 using the newly available ARD panel of establishments drawn from the Census of Production. We examine the relative importance of 'internal' restructuring (such as new technology and organizational change) and 'external' restructuring...

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Imperfect Competition, Market Size and Firm Turnover

Asplund, Björn Marcus; Nocke, Volker - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

that entry and exit rates are positively correlated across industries. Our objective is to investigate the effect of sunk … costs and, in particular, market size on entry and exit rates. We analyse a stochastic dynamic model of a monopolistically … show existence and uniqueness of a stationary equilibrium with simultaneous entry and exit: efficient firms survive while …

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Multinational Firms: Easy Come, Easy Go?

Haaland, Jan I.; Wooton, Ian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

within a region, explicitly taking into account exit, as well as entry, costs. Protecting workers by having strict lay … influence the entry decision? …

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Legal Form, Growth and Exit of West German Firms - Empirical Results for Manufacturing, Construction, Trade and Service Industries

Harhoff, Dietmar; Stahl, Konrad; Woywode, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

In this paper we discuss determinants of firm survival and growth in Germany within its pre-1989 boundaries. We argue that the legal form adopted by a firm is an important indicator of the riskiness of projects undertaken, and that firms under limited liability should be characterized by higher...

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Ethnic Inequality in Canada: Economic and Health Dimensions

Gee, Ellen M.; Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2007

This study examines ethnic based differences in economic and health status. We combine existing literature with our analysis of data from the Canadian Census and National Population Health Survey. If a given sub-topic is well researched, we summarize the findings; if, on the other hand, less is...

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Ethnic Differences in Health: Does Immigration Status Matter?

Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven; Lin, Zhiqiu - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2008

This study examines health differences between first-generation immigrant and Canadian-born persons who share the same the ethnocultural origin, and the extent to which such differences reflect social structural and health-related behavioural contexts. Data from the 2000/2001 Canadian Community...

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Examining the Gender, Ethnicity, and Age Dimensions of the Healthy Immigrant Effect: Implications for Health Care Policy

Kobayashi, Karen M.; Prus, Steven G. - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2010

Using data from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey, the current study expands on previous research on the healthy immigrant effect (HIE) in adult populations by considering the effects of both immigrant and visible minority status on health for males and females in mid- (45- 64) and later...

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Contrasting Inequalities: Comparing Correlates of Health in Canada and the United States

Armstrong, Hugh; Clement, Wallace; Lin, Zhiqiu; Prus, Steven - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2006

Comparative health studies consistently find that Canadians on average are healthier than Americans. Comparing health status within and between Canada and the United States provides key insights into the distribution of inequalities in these two countries. Canada’s universal health care...

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Ethnicity and Health: An Analysis of Physical Health Differences across Twenty-one Ethnocultural Groups in Canada

Prus, Steven; Lin, Zhiqiu - Department of Economics, McMaster University - 2005

The study of health differences across a wide-range of ethnic, racial, and cultural groups has received relatively little attention in the literature. Twenty-one ethnocultural groups are examined in the current study, providing one of the most comprehensive analyses to-date on ethnicity and...

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