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Distribution and Growth in an Economy with Limited Needs
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762377
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Trust-Based Work-Time and Product Improvements: Evidence from Firm Level Data
Godart, Olivier; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884337
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Modern Management: Good for the Environment or just Hot Air?
bloom, nicholas; Martin, Ralf; Sadun, Raffaella; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the UK. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better managed firms are significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005718073
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703394
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Estimating the Need for PhDs in the Academic Sector via a Survey of Employers
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Kanep, Hanna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academic sector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities, institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in all countries around...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822712
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Half a Century of Public Software Institutions: Open Source as a Solution to Hold-Up Problem
Schwarz, Michael; Takhteyev, Yuri - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We argue that the intrinsic inefficiency of proprietary software has historically created a space for alternative institutions that provide software as a public good. We discuss several sources of such inefficiency, focusing on one that has not been described in the literature: the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012917
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Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010885295
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Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry
Braguinsky, Serguey; Ohyama, Atsushi; okazaki, tetsuji; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We explore how changes in ownership and managerial control affect the productivity and profitability of producers. Using detailed operational, financial, and ownership data from the Japanese cotton spinning industry at the turn of the last century, we find a more nuanced picture than the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951141
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Industrial Policy and Competition
Harrison, Ann E.; Legros, Patrick; Aghion, Philippe; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
Using a comprehensive dataset of all medium and large enterprises in China between 1998 and 2007, we show that industrial policies allocated to competitive sectors or that foster competition in a sector increase productivity growth. We measure competition using the Lerner Index and include as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271474