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Small Firms, Contracting-out, Computers and Wage Inequality: Evidence from UK Manufacturing
Haskel, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
What demand-side and institutional factors raised the skilled wage premium over the 1980s in UK manufacturing? Using a panel of 80 industries for 1980–89 we find that: (i) the average skill premium rose by around 13 percentage points; (ii) computer introduction explains around 50% of this rise;...
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Enhancing the Efficiency of Water Supply – Product Market Competition versus Trade
Foellmi, Reto; Meister, Urs - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
when mergers are not feasible. Because both approaches require the physical connection of neighboring networks, they may …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493560
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On the Origins of Border Effects: Insights from the Habsburg Customs Union
Schulze, Max Stephan; Wolf, Nikolaus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
of persistent trade effects of ethno-linguistic networks within an overall integrating economy. While markets tended to …
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Herd Effects or Migration Networks? The Location Choice of Mexican Immigrants in the US
Bauer, Thomas; Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
inverse U shape, not simply a linear positive effect as often presented in the literature. Neglecting herds and/or networks …
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The Ties that Divide. A Network Analysis of the International Monetary System
Flandreau, Marc; Jobst, Clemens - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper provides a new methodology to map international monetary relations in the 19th century. We identify an index of international liquidity and, applying techniques borrowed from formal network analysis (in particular, blockmodelling) we produce a formal ranking of currencies according to...
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Density, Social Networks and Job Search Methods: Theory and Application to Egypt
Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The aim of this Paper is to study the impact of the size and the quality of social networks on the probability of … network. We show that, conditional on being employed, the probability of finding a job through social networks - relative to …
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The Influence of Others on Migration Plans
Epstein, Gil S; Gang, Ira - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
on migration decisions, we rely on the concepts of migration networks and herd effects. …
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Job Contact Networks and the Ethnic Minorities
Battu, Harminder; Seaman, Paul T; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
, though networks are a popular method of finding a job for the ethnic minorities, they are not necessarily the most effective … out disproportionately from using personal networks. …
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Trust and Bribery: The Role of the Quid Pro Quo and the Link With Crime
Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
that considers the implications of trust networks. A bond of trust may permit an implicit quid pro quo to substitute for a … bribe, which reduces corruption. Appropriate networks are more easily established in small towns, by long-term residents of …
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Infrastructure Quality in Deregulated Industries: Is there an Underinvestment Problem?
Benz, Men-Andri; Bühler, Stefan; Schmutzler, Armin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
We investigate how various institutional settings affect a network provider’s incentives to invest in infrastructure quality. Under reasonable assumptions on demand, investment incentives turn out to be smaller under vertical separation than under vertical integration, though we also provide...
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