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Does Training Generally Work? The Returns to In-Company Training

Barrett, Alan; O'Connell, Philip J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

positively with the level of capital investment. …

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An Alternative Approach to Testing Dual Labour Market Theory

Launov, Andrey - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

In this paper we suggest an alternative approach to testing for the dual structure of the labour market. The novelty of the suggested approach is that rather than considering wage determination we concentrate on the turnover. To perform the test we suggest using a latent class count data...

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Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States

Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

In European Welfare States, unskilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic...

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The Role of Profit Sharing in Dual Labour Markets with Flexible Outsourcing

Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We combine profit sharing for high-skilled workers and outsourcing of low-skilled tasks in partly imperfect dual domestic labour markets, when the wage rate for low-skilled worker is set by a labor union, to analyze how the implementation of profit sharing influence flexible outsourcing and...

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Dual Labour Markets and (Lack of) On-the-Job Training: PIAAC Evidence from Spain and Other EU Countries

Cabrales, Antonio; Dolado, Juan J.; Mora, Ricardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Using the Spanish micro data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), we first document how the excessive gap in employment protection between indefinite and temporary workers leads to large differentials in on-the-job training (OTJ) against the latter....

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The Role of Profit Sharing in a Dual Labour Market with Flexible Outsourcing

Koskela, Erkki; König, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We analyze the following questions associated with flexible outsourcing under partly imperfect dual domestic labour markets, where high skilled workers participate in firm's profit via profit sharing: How does the implementation of profit sharing influence flexible outsourcing? What is the...

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Banks and Innovation: Microeconometric Evidence on Italian Firms

Benfratello, Luigi; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Sembenelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

banking development reduces the cash flow sensitivity of fixed investment spending, particularly for small firms, and that it …

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Do Works Councils Inhibit Investment?

Addison, John T.; Schank, Thorsten; Schnabel, Claus; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

(favorable) impact on investment. …

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Accounting for China's Growth

Brandt, Loren; Zhu, Xiaodong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

role of rising rates of investment. Because labor reallocation across sectors, TFP growth at the sector level and … investment are all inter-related, simple growth decompositions that are often used in the literature are not appropriate for … continues to absorb more than half of all fixed investment. If capital had been allocated efficiently, China could have achieved …

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Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export: A Real Option Approach

Naudé, Wim; Gries, Thomas; Bilkic, Natasa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

an alternative way to model whether firms export or not, namely as a firm-level decision akin to an investment decision …

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