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The Impact of Cultural Diversity on Innovation: Evidence from Dutch Firm-Level Data
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323544
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Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721624
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Measuring Cultural Diversity and its Impact on Innovation: Longitudinal Evidence from Dutch Firms
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer‐employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …
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Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundations of a High Technology Cluster
Fallick, Bruce; Fleischman, Charles A.; Rebitzer, James B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
that reduce incentives to invest in new knowledge. Using a formal model of innovation we identify conditions where the … innovation benefits of job-hopping exceed the costs from reduced incentives to invest in human capital. These conditions likely …. Consistent with our model of innovation, we also find that outside of the computer industry, California’s mobility rates are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762119
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Fiscal Zoning, Sales Taxes, and Employment: Do Higher Sales Taxes Lead to More Jobs in Retailing and Fewer Jobs in Manufacturing?
Burnes, Daria; Neumark, David; White, Michelle J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We test the hypothesis that local government officials in jurisdictions that have higher local sales taxes are more likely to use fiscal zoning to attract retailing. We find that total retail employment is not significantly affected by local sales tax rates, but employment in big box and anchor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652530
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Ethnic Sorting in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Latten, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper examines the residential mobility behaviour of migrants and natives in the Netherlands using a rich administrative individual data file. The inclination to move and the choice of destination neighbourhood are estimated, correcting for the selection bias of movers. Subsequently, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703476
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Primum vivere… Industrial Change, Job Destruction and the Geographical Distribution of Unemployment
Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper aims to provide a frame of mind to understand the link between structural change and regional unemployment, and, based on it, to survey the most recent literature. An overly optimistic view on the ability of the adjustment mechanism to generate convergence in local unemployment rates...
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Does Distance Determine Who Attends a University in Germany?
Spiess, C. Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who live near a university can avoid moving and the increased living expenses by commuting. Thus, transaction cost arguments would suggest that the greater the distance to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703446
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Rates of Return to Degrees across British Regions
O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Earlier papers have found considerable heterogeneity in the returns to degrees in relation to subjects of study, degree classification and higher education institution. In this paper we examine heterogeneity of returns across British regions using the Labour Force Survey. We find substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822928
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Still Searching for the Wage Curve: Evidence from Germany and Italy
Ammermueller, Andreas; Lucifora, Claudio; Origo, Federica; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper investigates the functioning of regional labour markets in Italy and Germany for different employee groups. In the light of high and persistent differences in unemployment and wage rates between the North and South of Italy and the West and East of Germany, we first derive theoretical...
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