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Dismissals for Cause:The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make
Martins, Pedro S. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper provides evidence about the effects of dismissals-for-cause requirements, aspecific component of employment protection legislation that has received little attentiondespite its potential relevance. We study a quasi-natural experiment generated by a lawintroduced in Portugal in 1989:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861536
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Cognitive Capital and Islands of Innovation: The Lucas Growth Model from a Regional Perspective
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2011
This discussion paper led to an article in <I>Regional Studies</I> (2014). Volume 48, issue 4, pages 624-645.<P> Knowledge triggers regional growth. Evidence suggests that skilled labour force concentrates in islands of innovation, determining an advantage for innovative regions and a challenge for...</p></i>
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From Islands to Hubs of Innovation: Connecting Innovative Regions
Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper enters the debate on the islands of innovation through the lens of the standard Lucas (1988) growth model. It begins with a review of the theoretical details of the model and of the ensuing main empirical results, which can be identified when estimating such model on a sample of 261...
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Why Ex(Im)porters Pay More:Evidence from Matched Firm-Worker Panels
Martins, Pedro S.; Opromolla, Luca David - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We investigate the relationship between exporting, importing, and wage premia using a richmatched employer … set of worker- and firm-levelobservable and unobservable characteristics to the wage gap, and (ii) by controlling for … firm size and sales are, todifferent extents, important components of the wage gap both for exporters and importers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522216
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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazi l: Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers
Martins, Pedro S.; Esteves, Luiz A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
employment and wage practices of foreign and domestic firms in Brazil, using detailed matched firm-worker panel data... …
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