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Immigration, Diversity and the Labour Market Outcomes of Native Workers: Some Recent Developments
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
: the distinction between the displacement, productivity and amenity effects of immigration; the issues that arise in using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884901
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It's Where You Work: Increases in Earnings Dispersion across Establishments and Individuals in the US
Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Davis, James C.; Freeman, … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945132
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Relaxing Credit Constraints in Emerging Economies: The Impact of Public Loans on the Performance of Brazilian Manufacturers
Sousa, Filipe Lage de; Ottaviano, Gianmarco I. P. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945140
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#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election
Azmat, Ghazala; Bell, Brian; Colmer, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269056
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Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction & Student Performance
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Murphy, Richard - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011274524
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Corporate R&D and Productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom
Bond, Stephen; Harhoff, Dietmar; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003
This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016788
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The Hidden Costs of Fixed Term Contracts: the Impact On Work Accidents
Guadalupe, María - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2002
This paper assesses whether there is a systematic difference between the accident rates of fixed term and permanent contract workers that is not just the result of a compositional effect. A pure contractual effect might exist because the short duration of the temporary contract reduces the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016989
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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Evidence from British Panel Data
Dearden, Lorraine; Reed, Howard; Reenen, John Van - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
It is standard in the literature on training to use wages as a sufficient statistic for productivity. But there are … many reasons why wages and productivity may diverge. This paper is part of a smaller literature on the effects of work …-related training on direct measures of productivity. We construct a panel of British industries between 1983 and 1996 containing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150978
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Multinationals and US Productivity Leadership: Evidence from Great Britain
Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2005
We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150984
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Productivity and the Sourcing Modes of Multinational Firms: Evidence from French Firm-Level Data
Defever, Fabrice; Toubal, Farid - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
We investigate the role of a firm's total factor productivity in its decision to import from their affiliates rather … strong empirical support for the theoretical predictions of the model. In particular, high-productivity firms that have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005151002