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Estimating compensating wage differentials from worker mobility
Johansson, Per-Olov (contributor);  … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We estimate the effects of the implementation of a compulsory work injury insurance in Sweden in 1978 on compensating wage differentials. This involves two steps. First, we investigate if there are compensating wage differentials on the Swedish labor market and second, we assess if these were...
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Is neoclassical economics still entrepreneurless?
Bianchi, Milo (contributor); Henrekson, Magnus (contributor) - 2005 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. March 29, 2005
We review and evaluate some recent contributions on the modeling of entrepreneurship within a neoclassical framework, analyzing how and to what extent the fundamental ingredients suggested in the social science literature were captured. We show how these approaches are important in stressing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002570545
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Taxation, inequality and the allocation of talent
Bergman, Malin L. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. April 16, 2003
This paper examines the implications of income redistribution on human capital accumulation and income inequality, presenting a model where human capital investment is indivisible and agents differ in economic opportunity as well as intellectual ability. It is shown that the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001753212
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Labor- and product-market structure and excess labor
Segendorff, Björn - 1998
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An econometric model of employment in Zimbabwe's manufacturing industries
Ncube, Mthuli; Heshmati, Almas - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000995377
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Dynamics of technical efficiency and productivity change under central planning : the Romainian cement industry 1966 - 1989
Cotfas, Mihai (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor);  … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. October 2000
This paper investigates the time-path of efficiency and productivity change in the case of the Romanian cement industry 1966-1989. The analysis is based on different specifications of stochastic frontier models. The efficiency scores and the time paths of efficiency and technical change are...
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Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries : a comparison of the Nordic countries
Lööf, Hans; Heshmati, Almas; Asplund, Rita; Nåås, … - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001600085
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The impact of temporary contracts on gross job and worker flows
Araï, Mahmood (contributor); Heyman, Fredrik (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
employment. The share of temporary contracts is positively correlated to employment growth indicating that firms use temporary … high share of temporary employment exhibit acyclical job reallocation while permanent jobs in manufacturing are … countercyclical. -- Job Creation and Job Destruction ; Worker Flows ; Dual Labor Markets ; Temporary Employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001652356
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Trade deficits in the Baltic States : how long will the party last?
Bems, Rudolfs (contributor); Jönsson, Kristian (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource], Rev. May 2, 2005
Since their opening up to international capital markets, the economies of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have experienced large and persistent capital inflows and trade deficits. This paper investigates whether a calibrated two-sector neoclassical growth model can explain the magnitudes and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001808242
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Designing efficient institutions for science-based entrepreneurship : lessons from the US and Sweden
Henrekson, Magnus (contributor);  … - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]
The recent 'scientification' of commercial technology has brought the interface between universities and industry into sharp focus. In particular, academic entrepreneurship, i.e., the variety of ways in which academics take direct part in the commercialization of research, is widely discussed....
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