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Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants
López, Ricardo A; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers … relations into account. We find important productivity spillover effects from plants in upstream industries. Interestingly, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822285
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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We analyze the effect of having a child in adolescence on high school completion, educational attainment, and college enrollment in a developing country setting using nine repeated rounds of Chilean household surveys that span the 1990–2009 period. We control for selection bias and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884092
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Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela; Ginja, Rita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study an innovative welfare program in Chile which combines a period of frequent home visits to households in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884317
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Adolescent Motherhood and Secondary Schooling in Chile
Kruger, Diana; Berthelon, Matias; Navia, Rodrigo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
in Chile. Using eight rounds of household surveys, we find that adolescents who were born to teen mothers, those that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574581
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Delaying the Bell: The Effects of Longer School Days on Adolescent Motherhood in Chile
Kruger, Diana; Berthelon, Matias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
opportunities to engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using Chile's socio-economic household surveys and administrative data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008574585
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Ostdeutschland 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall: Was war und was ist heute mit der Wirtschaft?
Brenke, Karl; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Der Artikel zeigt in den grundlegenden Zügen die Entwicklung in Ostdeutschland seit dem Beginn der Umstrukturierung auf und zieht eine Bilanz zum Stand des Anpassungsprozesses 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall. Wie sich an der Entwicklung der Wirtschaftsleistung zeigen lässt, ist der wirtschaftliche...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615433
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269602
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Co-Determination, Efficiency, and Productivity
FitzRoy, Felix R.; Kraft, Kornelius - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We present the first panel estimates of the productivity effects of the unique German institution of parity, board … job satisfaction, we find positive productivity effects of the 1976 extension to parity codetermination in large firms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822112
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Why Do Leaders Matter? The Role of Expert Knowledge
Goodall, Amanda H.; Kahn, Lawrence M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Why do some leaders succeed while others fail? This question is important, but its complexity makes it hard to study systematically. We examine an industry in which there are well-defined objectives, small teams, and exact measures of leaders’ characteristics. We show that a strong predictor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822232
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Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-Selection, Learning from Importing, or Both?
Vogel, Alexander; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
document the first empirical results on the relationship between imports and productivity for Germany, a leading actor on the … systematically by testing for self-selection of more productive firms into importing, and for productivity-enhancing effects of … imports ('learning-by-importing'). We find a positive link between importing and productivity. From an empirical model with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822289