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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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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits: Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our micro-econometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … profiles, which are consistent with human capital theory, and adds a new finding of a rather negative effect of age on firms …

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The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a ‘dead end’....

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Human Capital Spillovers and Economic Performance in the Workplace in 2004: Some British Evidence

Metcalfe, Renuka; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

) and objective data on productivity, profits and establishment survival. We establish that workplace education and training …

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Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance

Fang, Tony; Ge, Ying - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …

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Accounting for China's Growth

Brandt, Loren; Zhu, Xiaodong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

China has achieved impressive growth over the last three decades. However, there has been debate over the sources of the growth, and the role of the intensive versus extensive margin. Growth accounting exercises at the aggregate level (Rawski and Perkins, 2008; Bosworth and Collins, 2008) suggest an...

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