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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
The theoretical predictions of how employment protection affects firm productivity are ambiguous. In this paper I study … the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the … employment protection rules in 2001 made it possible for small firms with less than eleven employees to exempt two workers from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261209
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Capital and Productivity: A New View
Boskin, Michael; Lau, Lawrence - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818545
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How Changes in Labor Demand Affects Unemployed Workers
Burdett, Kenneth - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684530
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Real options effects on employment : does exchange rate uncertainty matter for aggregation?
Belke, Ansgar (contributor); Göcke, Matthias (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002035678
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Is Human Capital the Key to the IT Productivity Paradox?
Mellander, Erik; Savvidiou, Eleni; Gunnarsson, Gudmundur - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
Unlike previous analyses, we consider (i) that IT may affect productivity growth both directly and indirectly, through human capital interactions, and (ii) possible externalities in the use of IT. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419532
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Is Human Capital the Key to the IT Productivity Paradox?.
Gunnarsson, G.; Mellander, E.; Savvidou, E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
Unlike previous analyses, we consider (i) that IT may affect productivity growth both directly and indirectly, through human capital interactions, and (ii) possible externalities in the use of IT. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639301
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and toward multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082494
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Recruitment to Sheltered Employment: Evidence from Samhall, a Swedish State-Owned Company
Skedinger, Per; Widerstedt, Barbro - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003
This paper analyses recruitment practices to Samhall, a state-owned company that provides sheltered employment for … individuals with severe work disabilities. Besides providing employment for disabled workers and rehabilitating them to employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645317
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117
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Entrepreneurial ventures and wage differentials between Germans and immigrants
Constant, Amelie (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
affect the sorting of individuals into self-employment and then we investigate whether self-employment has a differential … Germans. We find that the probability of self-employment increases significantly with age for all groups. For immigrants, the … years-since-migration exhibits a U-shape. During the first years since migration the likelihood of self-employment decreases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001790863