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Firm size and human capital as determinants of productivity and earnings

Teal, Francis; Söderbom, Måns - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2001

The evidence that earnings rise with firm size and that human capital affects earnings based on labour market data are … role of size and human capital as determinants of either earnings or productivity has been the role of unobserved factors …. In this paper we investigate the roles of size and human capital in determining both earnings and productivity using a …

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The Two Faces of R&D and Human Capital: Evidence from Western European Regions

Vogel, Johanna - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

This paper investigates two channels through which research and development (R&D) and human capital may affect regional total factor productivity growth in the manufacturing sector, using panel data on 159 EU-15 regions from 1992 to 2005. Based on the endogenous growth model of Griffith,...

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Why do South Korean firms produce so much more output per worker than Ghanaian ones?

Teal, Francis; Baptist, Simon - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by macro analysis. Median value-added per employee is nearly 40 times higher in South Korea than Ghana. The most important single factor in explaining this difference is the...

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British Manual Workers: From Producers to Consumers, c. 1950-2000

Offer, Avner - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008

A large majority of the labour force were manual workers in 1960. As voters, they had electoral power to pursue …-industrialization, and with the large rise in secondary and higher education. Educated workers relied more on individual bargaining power …, and less on collective goods. Casting workers as consumers rather than citizens or producers punished those with low …

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The Impact of armed conflict on economic performance Evidence from Rwanda

Serneels, Pieter; Verpoorten, Marijke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

Important gaps remain in the understanding of the economic consequences of civil war. Focusing on the conflict in Rwanda in the early 90s, and using micro data to carry out econometric analysis, this paper finds that households and localities that experience more intense conflict are lagging...

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The determinants of Italy's regional imbalances over the long run: exploring the contributions of human and social capital

Felice, Emanuele - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

The article aims to present and discuss estimates of levels of human and social capital in Italy's regions over the long term, i.e. roughly from the second half of the nineteenth century up to the present day. The results are linked to newly available evidence for regional value added in order...

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Human Capital and Competition: Strategic Complementarities in Firm-based Training

Stevens, Margaret - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012

between employers for skilled workers, and the dependence of labour market conditions on human capital leads to strategic …

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Catch-Up and Leapfrog between the USA and Japan

Cameron, Gavin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1998

The growth process for a technological leader is different from that of a follower. While followers can grow through imitation and capital deepening, a leader must undertake original research. This suggests that as the gap between the leader and the follower narrows, the follower must undertake...

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Why did UK manufacturing productivity growth slow down in the 1970s and speed up in the 1980s

Cameron, Gavin - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 1999

After a dramatic slowdown of the 1970s, productivity growth in UK manufacturing in the 1980s returned to something like its pre-slowdown trend. This paper constructs a quarterly dynamic model of TFP growth in UK manufacturing using cointegration techniques, correcting for a variety of...

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Between Utility and Cognition: The Neurobiology of Relative Position

Zizzo, Daniel John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2000

A positive correlation between relative position and the neurotransmitter serotonin exists in non-human primates, within an optimal range. This paper explores the reasons of this correlation. The main function of serotonin appears cognitive: it determines how optimally agents perceive and behave...

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