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Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth

Corrado, Carol; Haskel, Jonathan; Jona-Lasinio, Cecilia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper looks at the channels through which intangible assets affect productivity. The econometric analysis exploits a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU member states from 1998 to 2007. We find that (a) the...

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From Riches to Rags, and Back? Institutional Change, Financial Development and Economic Growth in Argentina since the 1890s

Campos, Nauro F; Karanasos, Menelaos G.; Tan, Bin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Argentina is the only country in the world that was "developed" in 1900 and "developing" in 2000. The various competing … explanations highlight, mainly, the roles of trade openness, political institutions, financial integration, financial development …

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Are We There Yet? Time for Checks and Balances on New Institutionalism

Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

economic development. If the sociopolitical, legal and economic transformations in the Anglo-Saxon world in the last three … identification, they too narrowly defined what Northian institutions entail. As a matter of fact, political, legal and economic … institutions are highly malleable even in advanced economies, while sustained economic growth could well be deep rooted in …

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Managerial Job Assignment and Imperfect Competition in Asymmetric Equilibrium

Grossmann, Volker - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper develops a model with multiple market locations in which the quality of intangible assets of firms, provided by management, determines the firms’ performance. Despite an ex ante symmetry of potential entrants, the equilibrium assignment of heterogeneous managerial skills to firms...

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Public Support for Innovation, Intangible Investment and Productivity Growth in the UK Market Sector

Haskel, Jonathan; Wallis, Gavin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Pressure on public finances has increased scrutiny of public support for innovation. We examine two particular issues. First, there have been many recent calls for the (relatively new) UK R&D subsidy to be extended to other “research” activities, such as software. Second, argument still...

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Wage Flexibility and Labour Market Institutions: A Meta-Analysis

Clar, Miquel; Dreger, Christian; Ramos, Raúl - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

provide a quantitative summary of the available evidence regarding the influence of labour market institutions on real wage …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822141

Wage Differentials and International Trade in Italy Using Individual Micro Data 1991-1996

Falzoni, Anna M.; Venturini, Alessandra; Villosio, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

characteristics of workers, changes in the institutions of the labour market, in skill-biased technological progress and increasing …

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Hobbes to Rousseau: Inequality, Institutions, and Development

Cervellati, Matteo; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We analyze the endogenous evolution of economic and political institutions and the interdependencies with the process … of economic development. Favorable economic institutions ensure the appropriability of rents in form of a state of law … necessary. Inequality in endowments and incomes prolongs the absence of good institutions and delays democratization. Conversely …

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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We present a model of wage contract violation that implies a possibility of multiple equilibria in the level of arrears. Positive feedback arises because each employer's arrears affect the costs of late payment faced by other employers operating in the same labor market, resulting in a network...

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Do Institutions, Ownership, Exporting and Competition Explain Firm Performance? Evidence from 26 Transition Countries

Commander, Simon; Svejnar, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We analyze a large stratified random sample of firms that provide us with measures of performance and each firm’s top manager’s perception of the severity of business environment constraints faced by his/her firm. Unlike most existing studies that rely on external and aggregated proxy...

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