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Distance to the Efficiency Frontier and FDI Spillovers
Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
We establish that domestically owned firms in two alternative models of emerging market economies, the Czech Republic and Russia, have not been converging to the technological frontier set by foreign owned firms. In both countries, the distance of domestic firms to the frontier grew (in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762398
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FDI and Wages: Evidence from Firm-Level and Linked Employer-Employee Data in Hungary, 1986-2008
Earle, John S.; Telegdy, Álmos; Antal, Gábor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We estimate the wage effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) with universal firm-level and linked employer …-employee panel data containing 4,926 foreign acquisitions in Hungary. Matching on pre-acquisition data and controlling for fixed … strong cross-firm association of FDI wage premia with similar differentials in productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884343
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The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to the Federal Region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas; Davis, Rhona - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) has increased dramatically in the last two decades. However, the … distribution of FDI is highly unequal and the competition among countries to attract foreign investors is fierce. This report … investigates the determinants of FDI inflows to developing countries in general and to the Federal Region of Kurdistan (FRK) in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762073
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Foreign Investment, Corporate Ownership, and Development: Are Firms in Emerging Markets Catching Up to the World Standard?
Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Svejnar, Jan; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Economic development implies that the efficiency of firms in developing countries is approaching that of firms in advanced economies. We examine the extent of this convergence in the Czech Republic and Russia, economies that represent alternative models of implementing development policies,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703404
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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
Due to the growth in international migration in recent decades, the workforce of firms in host countries has become considerably more diverse, both demographically and culturally. It is an important question for firms and for governments to ask whether there are some productivity-enhancing...
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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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
In Silicon Valley's computer cluster, skilled employees are reported to move rapidly between competing firms. This job-hopping facilitates the reallocation of resources towards firms with superior innovations, but it also creates human capital externalities that reduce incentives to invest in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762119
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Cultural Diversity and Plant‐Level Productivity
Trax, Michaela; Brunow, Stephan; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using comprehensive data for German establishments (1999-2008), we estimate plant-level production functions to analyze if “cultural diversity” affects total factor productivity. We distinguish diversity in the establishment's workforce and in the aggregate regional labor force where the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764615
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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 tax data. We calculate three distinct measures of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010603510
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Ireland's Recession and the Immigrant/Native Earnings Gap
Barrett, Alan; Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The economic collapse was more severe in Ireland relative to elsewhere. Many questions have arisen concerning the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959537