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Heterogeneity matters: labour productivity differentiated by age and skills

Roger, Muriel; Wasmer, Malgorzata - HAL - 2009

This study aims at evaluating the actual profile of marginal productivity across the age groups within the workforce. As age-productivity profile might differ between occupations, we differentiate the workforce simultaneously by skills (low-skilled, high-skilled) and by age (young, middle-aged,...

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Estimating import price elasticity while controlling for quality

Thanagopal, Thannaletchimy - HAL - 2011

Import price elasticity tends to be under-estimated due to the omission of quality effects. This dissertation aims to fill this gap by analyzing 1) how quality effects affect the estimation of import price elasticity, 2) the impact of quality innovation in the various goods sectors of an economy...

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Can the HOS model explain changes in labor shares? A tale of trade and wage rigidities

Decreuse, Bruno; Maarek, Paul - HAL - 2011

This paper questions the ability of the standard HOS model to explain changes in the labor shares (LS) of income in OECD countries. We use the Davis (1998) model where there is a wage rigidity in a sub-group of countries. We show that trade openness with developing countries reduces LS in...

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Potential output growth in several industrialised countries: a comparison

Cahn, Christophe; Saint-Guilhem, Arthur - HAL - 2008

In this paper, we present international comparisons of potential output growth among several economies -Canada, the euro area, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States- for the period 1991-2004, for which we construct consistent and homogenous...

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Impacto De Las Patentes Sobre El Crecimiento Económico: Un Modelo Panel Cointegrado [Impact of Patents on Economic Growth: A Cointegrated Panel Data Model]

Robledo, Jacobo Campo - HAL - 2012

This article presents an empirical model of non-stationary and cointegrated panel data to explain the impact of industrial property, measured by patents, on the GDP of 10 Latin America countries during the period 1990 to 2010. Apply traditional unit root tests and unit root test of art, which...

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Production factor returns : the role of factor utilisation

Cette, Gilbert; Dromel, Nicolas L.; Lecat, Rémy; … - HAL - 2011

Short-term increasing returns to production factors are usually found in empirical studies. We argue they can be due to omitted variables, particularly the intensity of factor utilisation. Thanks to original French firm-level data (1992-2008), we show how increasing returns to scale disappear...

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A global foresight on food crop needs for livestock

Cotty, Tristan Le; Dorin, Bruno - HAL - 2012

Increasingly more studies are raising concerns about the increasing consumption of meat and the increasing amount of crops (cereals and oilseeds in particular) used to feed animals and that could be used to feed people. The evolution of this amount is very sensitive to human diets and to the...

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The Prospective Evolution of the Vietnamese Power Sector: The Vulnerability and Externality Analysis

Nguyen, Trinh Hoang Anh - HAL - 2013

sustainable is Vietnam's electricity development? What are the major factors explaining its performance relative to other Asian … examine how far the costs could affect on the electricity cost in Vietnam. In sensitivity analysis, the paper assesses the … impacts of international coal price's fluctuations on the electricity price and the trade balance of Vietnam. The study …

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Modelling Transition And International Opening In Asia: The Case Of Vietnam With A Comparison With China And The "Asian Tigers"

Sand-Zantman, Alain; Brillet, Jean-Louis; Van, Cuong Le; … - HAL - 2000

is applied to the Vietnam case. A calibrated quantitative model performs a base line simulation from 1993 to 2010 …

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How firm characteristics affect the level of constrain to growth : An empirical analysis of micro and small firms in Vietnam

Do, Thi Quynh Trang - HAL - 2009

is in the center of interest of many developing countries, so does the case of Vietnam. By investigating the importance … Household's Living Standard in 2004 in Vietnam, we find that firms with different characteristics, among them : firm size, firm …

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