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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition
Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures. These same attributes have been associated with rising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566404
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Telecommunications Dynamics, Output and Employment
Jungmittag, Andre; Welfens, Paul J.J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In EU countries, opening up of telecommunications markets and regulations have helped to reduce the price of digital … services which is an important quasi-input factor in all firms. Integrating the use of telecommunications in a macroeconomic … production function is the analytical starting point for our interdependent analysis of output, use of telecommunications and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233868
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Political Institutions and the Development of Telecommunications
Andonova, Veneta; Diaz-Serrano, Luis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
It has traditionally been argued that the development of telecommunications infrastructure is dependent on the quality … telecommunications services and find it to be much smaller in cellular telephony than in the others. By evaluating the importance of … offer policy implications for alleviating differences between countries in international telecommunications development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703017
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Exports and Productivity Growth: First Evidence from a Continuous Treatment Approach
Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A recent survey of 54 micro-econometric studies reveals that exporting firms are more productive than non-exporters. On the other hand, previous empirical studies show that exporting does not necessarily improve productivity. One possible reason for this result is that most previous studies are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822920
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Unions, Training, and Firm Performance
Addison, John T.; Belfield, Clive R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The present paper uses a combination of workplace and linked employee-workplace data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey and the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions on training incidence, training intensity/coverage, and training duration. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822940
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Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is found to be strongly related to the demands of the job as measured by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144856
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Does Wage Dispersion Make All Firms Productive?
Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, Francois; Volral, Mélanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This article puts the relationship between wage dispersion and firm productivity to an updated test, taking advantage of access to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for simultaneity issues, time-invariant workplace characteristics and dynamics in the adjustment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147306
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Employment Concentration and Resource Allocation: One-Company Towns in Russia
Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko; Plekhanov, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The paper looks at the effects of employment concentration on resource allocation with a particular focus on one-company towns in Russia defined as towns where a single company accounts for a significant share of total employment of the locality. Empirical analysis of firms' production functions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325440
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Foreign Direct Investment, Black Economic Empowerment and Labour Productivity in South Africa
Mebratie, Anagaw Derseh; Bedi, Arjun S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestically owned firms in developing countries has been widely debated in the literature. It has been argued that FDI provides access to advanced technologies and other intangible assets which may spill over to the host country and allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353425
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Are Occupations Paid What They Are Worth? An Econometric Study of Occupational Wage Inequality and Productivity
Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Labour economists typically assume that pay differences between occupations can be explained with variations in productivity. The empirical evidence on the validity of this assumption is surprisingly thin and subject to various potential biases. The authors use matched employer-employee panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293741