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This paper links data on establishments and individuals to analyze the role of establishments in the increase in inequality that has become a central topic in economic analysis and policy debate. It decomposes changes in the variance of ln earnings among individuals into the part due to changes...
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Especially in developing countries credit constraints are often perceived as one of the most important market frictions constraining firm innovation and growth. Huge amounts of public money are being devoted to the removal of such constraints but their effectiveness is still subject to an...
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: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using …
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Are poor management practices holding back middle-income countries? The authors look at evidence for private firms and public organisations in India - in manufacturing, retail, healthcare and education.
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domestic workers to reflect differences in labour productivity. However, using panel data on worker-firm matches in a single … only partially accounted for by individual labour productivity. We show that the differential partly reflects the superstar …
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-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the nature … of competition in cities? The short answers are: no, yes, and it depends. …
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Guy Michaels and colleagues show how new technologies are polarising the labour market, with the middle-skilled losing out most
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wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …
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This paper investigates the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores. By surveying schools in four English cities regarding their mobile phone policies and combining it with administrative data, we find that student performance in high stakes exams significantly increases...
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links between unions and labour productivity have been eroded by greater competition and more emphasis on 'partnership' in …If the presence of a union in a workplace or firm raises the pay level, unless productivity rises correspondingly … senescence. Therefore the impact of unions on productivity, financial performance and investment is extremely important. This …
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