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Smithian Growth through Creative Organization
Legros, Patrick; Newman, Andrew; Proto, Eugenio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We consider an endogenous growth model in which appropriate organization fosters innovation, but because of contractibility problems, this benefit cannot be internalized. The organizational design element we focus on is the division of labour, which as Adam Smith argued, facilitates invention by...
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Managerial Leverage is Limited By the Extent of the Market: Hierarchies, Specialization and the Utilization of Lawyers' Human Capital
Garicano, Luis; Hubbard, Thomas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper examines hierarchies’ role in the organization of human-capital-intensive production. We develop an equilibrium model of hierarchical organization, then provide empirical evidence using confidential data on thousands of law offices from the 1992 Census of Services. We show how the...
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On Market Forces and Human Evolution
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate...
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Technological Progress and Regress in Pre-Industrial Times
Aiyar, Shekhar; Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Moav, Omer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper offers micro-foundations for the dynamic relationship between technology and population in the pre-industrial world, accounting for both technological progress and the hitherto neglected but common phenomenon of technological regress. A growing population engenders the endogenous...
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Is the Division of Labour Limited By the Extent of the Market? Evidence from French Cities
Duranton, Gilles; Jayet, Hubert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper provides some evidence that the division of labour is limited by the extent of the (local) market. We first propose a theoretical model. Its main prediction is that scarce occupations are over-represented in large cities. Using census data for French cities, we then provide strong...
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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...
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Globalization, Roundaboutness and Relative Wages
Francois, Joseph; Grier, Kevin Blaine; Nelson, Douglas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
We depart from the trade and wages literature and its emphasis on North-South trade, examining North-North trade and linkages between trade-based integration and relative wages in an Etiher-type division of labor model. Using this model we identify a formal relationship between international...
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The Division of Labour, Coordination, and the Demand for Information Processing
Michaels, Guy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
document the relationship between complexity and the employment of clerks using an early information technology (IT) revolution …
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The Caloric Costs of Culture: Evidence from Indian Migrants
Atkin, David - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
inter-state migrants within India consume fewer calories per Rupee of food expenditure compared to their non … on culture: that migrants make nutritionally-suboptimal food choices due to cultural preferences for the traditional … foods of their origin states. First, I focus on the preferences themselves and document that migrants bring their origin …
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …
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