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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
The theoretical predictions of how employment protection affects firm productivity are ambiguous. In this paper I study … the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the … employment protection rules in 2001 made it possible for small firms with less than eleven employees to exempt two workers from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261209
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Portugal; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
also reflected a more moderate decline in the amount of hours worked than that experienced in other countries in Europe …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825549
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Real Unit Labor Costs Differentials in EMU+L4700; How Big, How Benign and How Reversible?
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
Real unit labor costs (RULC) growth differentials between euro area members have persisted since EMU began and even widened out in the run-up to the crisis. This paper focuses on the causes underlying such dispersion. According to our empirical findings, persistent RULC growth differentials can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019597
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Italy; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011
increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244125
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Capital and Productivity: A New View
Boskin, Michael; Lau, Lawrence - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1992
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818545
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How Changes in Labor Demand Affects Unemployed Workers
Burdett, Kenneth - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684530
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Is Human Capital the Key to the IT Productivity Paradox?
Mellander, Erik; Savvidiou, Eleni; Gunnarsson, Gudmundur - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
Unlike previous analyses, we consider (i) that IT may affect productivity growth both directly and indirectly, through human capital interactions, and (ii) possible externalities in the use of IT. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419532
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Is Human Capital the Key to the IT Productivity Paradox?.
Gunnarsson, G.; Mellander, E.; Savvidou, E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001
Unlike previous analyses, we consider (i) that IT may affect productivity growth both directly and indirectly, through human capital interactions, and (ii) possible externalities in the use of IT. Examining, hypothetically, the statistical consequences of erroneously disregarding (i) and (ii) we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639301
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and toward multi-tasking and job rotation. Whereas the existing literature on the division...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082494
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The Division of Labor and the Market for Organizations.
Lindbeck, A.; Snower, D.J. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
The paper examines the determinants of the division of labor within firms. It provides an explanation of the pervasive observed changes in work organization away from the traditional functional departments and towards multi-tasking and job rotation.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005670117