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Discrete Innovation, Continuous Improvement, and Competitive Pressure
Ghosh, Arghya; Kato, Takao; Morita, Hodaka - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Does competitive pressure foster innovation? In addressing this important question, prior studies ignored a distinction between discrete innovation aiming at entirely new technology and continuous improvement consisting of numerous incremental improvements and modifications made upon the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822187
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Within and Between Gender Disparities in Income and Education Benefits from Democracy
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
There is data evidence that welfare has improved post democracy in Nigeria. However, the distribution or concentration …, across and within gender, post democracy in Nigeria is explored. I make use of simple econometric tools to test two null … in Nigeria. Second, there are no within gender disparities of the shift to democracy on income and returns to education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233750
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395428
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Africa’s Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
these claims at the micro level. In this study, I focus on Nigeria a country that holds 1/5 of Africa’s population. I use … the changes in demand for education in Nigeria and the increased emigration rates from African countries that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822041
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Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?
Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth Osarenti Oyelere nee Uwaifo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Differences in geopolitical regions of Nigeria are not debatable. However, there is no clear consensus on the dimension … using survey data from Nigeria between 1996-1999. Both descriptive and econometric analysis are used to test the null … hypothesis that there are no significant regional differences in labor market outcomes in Nigeria. The results are surprising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763559
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Non-Farm Enterprise Productivity and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Owoo, Nkechi S.; Naudé, Wim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
significant determinants of the labour productivity of non-farm enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. This is the first time, to …The productivity of non-farm enterprises in rural Africa may be associated with the productivity of other spatially … from the geo-referenced 2011 Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) and the 2010/2011 Nigeria General Household Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791524
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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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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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The Heterogeneous Effects of Workforce Diversity on Productivity, Wages and Profits
Garnero, Andrea; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We estimate the impact of workforce diversity on productivity, wages and productivity-wage gaps (i.e. profits) using … econometric issues, show that educational (age) diversity is beneficial (harmful) for firm productivity and wages. The … industries. Overall, findings do not point to sizeable productivity-wage gaps except for age diversity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990939
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Part-time Work, Wages and Productivity: Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest … that the positive productivity effect is driven by male part-timers working more than 25 hours, whereas the share of female …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990941