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Can cities be trapped in bad locations?
Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
After the fall of the Roman Empire, urban life in France became a shadow of its former self, but in Britain it completely disappeared. Guy Michaels and Ferdinand Rauch use these contrasting experiences as a natural experiment to explore the impact of history on economic geography - and what...
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Transportation Costs and the Spatial Organization of Economic Activity
Redding, Stephen J.; Turner, Matthew A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
economic activity and transportation costs. We develop a multi-region model of economic geography that we use to understand the … general equilibrium implications of transportation infrastructure improvements within and between locations for wages … effects of transportation infrastructure improvements on economic development, paying particular attention to the use of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782161
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Resetting the Urban Network: 117-2012
Michaels, Guy; Rauch, Ferdinand - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
Do locational fundamentals such as coastlines and rivers determine town locations, or can historical events trap towns in unfavourable locations for centuries? We examine the effects on town locations of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, which temporarily ended urbanization in Britain,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717570
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The Impact of Policy Change on Job Retention and Advancement
Dickens, Richard; McKnight, Abigail - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
This paper examines the impact of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) on employment retention and advancement. The … boost their family income. It finds evidence that WFTC increased employment retention among male recipients. WFTC does not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700453
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Gender Segregation in Employment Contracts
Petrongolo, Barbara - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EUcountries, using micro data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016835
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Company Start-Up Costs and Employment
Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002
I study the role of company start-up costs for employment performance. The model is search equilibrium with a new … in equilibrium, career choice and job creation are jointly determined. Higher start-up costs reduce overall employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016851
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Productivity Growth and Employment: Theory and Panel Estimates
Pissarides, Christopher A.; Vallanti, Giovanna - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2004
Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, anddepend on the extent to which new … technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate amodel for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United … States,Japan and Europe and find that TFP growth increases employment. For the United StatesTFP growth explains the trend …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017004
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Employment Outcomes in the Welfare State
Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2008
We examine the implications of tax and subsidy policies for employment in the "three worlds of welfare", Anglo …-Saxon, Continental European and Scandinavian. We argue that home production is key to a proper evaluation of the employment outcomes …. Anglo-Saxon low-support policies encourage more overall market employment. Continental transfer polilcies encourage more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151058
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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry G.; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649751
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In brief: Can industrial policy boost jobs?
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf; Overman, Henry; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
Business support policies designed to raise productivity and employment are common worldwide, but rigorous micro … positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects … for larger firms (e.g. over 150 employees). We also find the policy raises area level manufacturing employment mainly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549054