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Structural Development Accounting
Gancia, Gino A; Müller, Andreas; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We construct and estimate a unified model combining three of the main sources of cross-country income disparities: differences in factor endowments, barriers to technology adoption and the inappropriateness of frontier technologies to local conditions. The key components are different types of...
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Technical Progress and Early Retirement
Ahituv, Avner; Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This Paper claims that technical progress induces early retirement of older workers. It supports this claim both theoretically and empirically. We present a model where part of human capital is technology-specific, so that technical progress erodes some existing human capital. This affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791260
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Restructuring Production and Work
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....
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The Division of Labour Within Firms
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labour within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive change in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788938
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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...
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Robots at Work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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 …Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots’ potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196027
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SMEs in the era of hybrid retail : Evidence from an OECD D4SME survey
OECD - 2023
Digitalisation has triggered a profound transformation of the retail sector, primarily composed of SMEs. While retail businesses are embracing more hybrid practices of managing online and brick-and-mortar channels, getting more traditional SME retailers fit for the hybrid era could open up new...
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Linkages between Environmental Policy and Competitiveness
Environment Directorate, Organisation de Coopération …; … - 2010
Debates exist between those who claim that environmental policy will impose additional burdens and costs on industries, thus impairing their competitiveness, and those who claim that improved environmental performance can spur competitiveness. These arguments often surface when new environmental...
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Vertical Integration and Distance to Frontier
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We construct a model where the equilibrium organization of firms changes as an economy approaches the world technology frontier. In vertically integrated firms, owners (managers) have to spend time both on production and innovation activities, and this creates managerial overload, and...
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Trade Standards and the Political Economy of Genetically Modified Food
Anderson, Kym; Damania, Richard; Jackson, Lee Ann - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
A common-agency lobbying model is developed to help understand why North America and the European Union have adopted such different policies towards genetically modified food. Our results show that when firms (in this case farmers) lobby policy-makers to influence standards and consumers and...
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