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La productividad en la industria española: Evidencia microeconómica

Huergo, Elena; Moreno, Lourdes - EconWPA - 2005

El objetivo de este trabajo es ofrecer una revisión de las principales regularidades que, desde una óptica microeconómica, se han observado en los trabajos que analizan la evolución de la productividad y los determinantes de su crecimiento en la economía española durante las últimas...

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Job search behavior of unemployed in Russia

Smirnova, Natalia V. - EconWPA - 2004

This paper explores the determinants of job search behavior, search intensity and choices of search methods of the unemployed workers in transitional Russia. We use pooled data from rounds 5-9 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to estimate the effects of socio- economic factors...

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Restructuring and Measurement of Efficiency in Firms in Transition

Benacek, Vladimir; Shemetilo, Dmitri; Petrov, Alexei - EconWPA - 2001

In this paper we try to explain some restructuring patterns of Czech textile and clothing industries from a microeconomic point of view. We introduce two measures of production efficiency (the technical and the allocative efficiency) and look at changes in the behaviour of enterprises. In 1994,...

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ICT productivity and firm propensity to innovative investment: learning effect evidence from italina micro data

Atzeni, Gianfranco Enrico; Carboni, Oliviero Antonio - EconWPA - 2005

introduction). However, what really matters in explaining ICT productivity is the level of innovation the new capital embodies. In …

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the Transition Process in China: A theoretic and empirical Study

Pu, Chen; Chihying, Hsiao - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper we analyse the driving forces of the transition from plan to market in China. A two segments and two sectors model is constructed to take into account the particular economic situation in China during the transition process: a large agricultural sector and an industrial sector; a...

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The Transition to a Market Economy in Russia: Property Rights, Mass Privatization and Stabilization

Feige, Edgar L. - EconWPA - 2003

The Soviet Union and the nations of Eastern Europe are undergoing a historically unprecedented restructuring as they move inexorably from centrally planned economies toward market economies. This historic transition must be guided by a coherent set of stabilization policies to reduce the threat...

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Child Labor and Fertility

Schrepler, Ramona - EconWPA - 2003

This essay analyzes the economic causes and effects of household decisions concerning fertility, education and child labor when children can supplement family income early in life and must support their parents in old age as adults. Parents, who raise and educate children for both financial and...

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Innovation, Market Structure and Economic Growth

Palma, Nuno Pedro Gonçalves - EconWPA - 2004

This paper presents a dynamic partial equilibrium model that endogenizes firms' investment decision on innovation …: product innovation causes horizontal expansion growth, and process innovation causes vertical expansion growth. Market … structure in different markets emerges as a consequence of different investment on innovation opportunities. Main variables that …

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