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Robots at Work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We find that industrial robots increased both labor productivity and ….37 percentage points. We also find that robots increased both wages and total factor productivity. While robots had no significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214029
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The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The world is changing rapidly. This paper describes key shifts and it discusses their likely impacts on employment-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However, there will be no "end of work". Rather, it is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269610
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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004 …, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The … productivity indicator that is decomposed into the usual constituents of productivity growth: technological change and efficiency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233852
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The Adoption and Diffusion of Organizational Innovation: Evidence for the U.S. Economy
Lynch, Lisa M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Using a unique longitudinal representative survey of both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing businesses in the United States during the 1990’s, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with investments in organizational innovation. Past...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703412
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Unemployment Invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822664
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Nur noch Roboter und Selbstausbeutung? Über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der neuen Welt der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Unsere (Arbeits-)Welt scheint sich mit zunehmender Geschwindigkeit zu verändern. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt zentrale Aspekte dieser Entwicklung und diskutiert ihre voraussichtlichen Auswirkungen auf Arbeit und Beschäftigung. Der Wandel ist weltweit spürbar und Roboter und Maschinen...
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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: Econometric Evidence from Hungary (1986-2004)
Campos, Nauro F.; Jolliffe, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This paper sheds light on this question using a unique data set and procedure to reduce sample selection bias. Our evidence is from consistently coded, non-retrospective data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822217
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Crises, What Crises?
Campos, Nauro F.; Hsiao, Cheng; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises that are the most important drivers of structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763747
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Helping Hand or Grabbing Hand? State Bureaucracy and Privatization Effectiveness
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005002818
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A Comparison and Decomposition of Reform-Era Labor Force Participation Rates of China's Ethnic Minorities and Han Majority
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Hughes, James W.; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper examines differences in China's ethnic majority and minority patterns of labor force participation and decomposes these differences into treatment and endowment effects using the technique developed by Borooah and Iyer (2005). Population census data are used to estimate...
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