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E-Lections: Voting Behavior and the Internet
Falck, Oliver; Gold, Robert; Heblich, Stephan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of information disseminated by the Internet on voting behavior. We address endogeneity … in Internet availability by exploiting regional and technological peculiarities of the preexisting voice telephony … network that hinder the roll-out of fixed-line broadband infrastructure for high-speed Internet. We find small negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279358
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Revolutionary Effects of New Information Technologies
Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In markets with imperfect information and heterogeneity, the information technology affects the rate at which agents meet, which in turn affects the distribution of production technologies across firms. We show that in models for such markets there are typically multiple equilibria because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822460
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Health and Well-Being in the Crisis
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The internet has become an important data source for the Social Sciences because these data are available without lags … across the globe and can be viewed in continuous time scales from the micro to the macro level. The paper uses internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008926959
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The Value of Hiring through Referrals
Burks, Stephen V.; Cowgill, Bo; Hoffman, Mitchell; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Employee referrals are a very common means by which firms hire new workers. Past work suggests that workers hired via referrals often perform better than non-referred workers, but we have little understanding as to why. In this paper, we demonstrate that this is primarily because referrals allow...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128036
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Mapping 'Information Economy' Businesses with Big Data: Findings for the UK
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative 'big data' resources to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011094080
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Between Agora and Shopping Mall
Falkinger, Josef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Advertisements provide consumers with knowledge about private products, whereas political information is required to provide voters with knowledge of public issues. Modern information technologies and globalization are increasing the exposure of individuals to information. Goods advertising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761928
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Trade Liberalization in a Globalizing World
Faini, Riccardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Globalization is not only about the rise of trade, FDI, and migration. It is also about the changing linkages among these flows. The main findings of the paper can be summarized as follows. First, at least in the nineties, import trade liberalization fostered not only trade but also inward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822046
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The Effects of Foreign Owned Firms on the Labor Market
Almeida, Rita - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Cross sectional evidence shows that foreign firms have a more educated workforce and pay higher wages than domestic firms. These results do not necessarily imply that foreign direct investment translates into higher demand for educated workers or higher wages, however, since foreign investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822172
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Cross-Border Mergers and National Champions in an Integrating Economy
Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We introduce a simple oligopolistic trade model with international transportation costs, and analyze the profitability and the social desirability of national vs. international mergers in relation to three different issues, (i) the level of trade freeness, (ii) the possibility of rent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822177
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Why Do Foreign-Owned Firms Pay More? The Role of On-the-Job Training
Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric; Walsh, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Foreign-owned firms have consistently been found to pay higher wages than domestic firms to what appear to be equally productive workers in both developed and developing countries alike. Although a number of studies have documented and some attempted to explain this stylized fact, the issue...
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