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Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …

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The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

The world is changing rapidly. This paper describes key shifts and it discusses their likely impacts on employment-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However, there will be no "end of work". Rather, it is that...

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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator

Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …

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The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy

Lynch, Lisa M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990’s, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...

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Unemployment Invariance

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …

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Työolot ja tuottavuus - työpaikkavirtojen nosteessa vai puristuksessa?

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Johansson, Edvard; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

technological change and productivity growth takes place in an economy. Quite normally, some 30-50% of an industrys productivity … growth is due to this particular mechanism. Disruptions to this mechanism would have considerable effects on productivity …

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Changes in China's Wage Structure

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure during a period of rapid economic growth. Between 1992 and 2007, the average real wage increased by 202 percent, accompanied by a sharp rise in wage inequality. Decomposition...

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Die Zukunft der Arbeit und der Wandel der Arbeitswelt

Eichhorst, Werner; Buhlmann, Florian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Die Zukunft der Arbeit wird vom technischen Fortschritt, der Globalisierung, dem demographischen Wandel und institutionellen Veränderungen geprägt. Daraus entwickelt sich in Fortschreibung jüngerer Entwicklungen eine vielfältige Arbeitswelt mit erheblichen Unterschieden der...

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Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...

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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...

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