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Export Processing Zones in Madagascar: the impact of the dismantling of clothing quotas on employment and labour standards
Roubaud, François; Razafindrakoto, Mireille; Cling, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
the Zone Franche. The export and employment growth has come to a halt. Our econometric estimates, based on first-hand data … competition. As the example of Madagascar shows, EPZs can no longer be placed at the core of development and employment policies …
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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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Trade liberalisation, rent sharing and wage inequality in Tunisia, 1998-2002
Ghazali, Monia - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
mechanism may affect firms’ employment response to trade liberalization. Indeed, bargaining workers could accept a reduction in … function derived from a model of employment determination that integrates trade impacts, following Mouelhi (2007). …
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Career Interruptions : How Do They Impact Pension Rights ?
Legendre, Bérangère; Mage-Bertomeu, Sabine; Briard, Karine - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
unemployment, part-time employment and inactivity periods. Our results show how, by compensating for some career accidents, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166291
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Les conséquences des profils individuels des revenus d'activité au long de la carrière sur le niveau des pensions de retraite
Aubert, Patrick; Duc, Cindy - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706434
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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.
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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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Information and communication technologies and skill upgrading: the role of internal vs external labour markets
Caroli, Eve; Behaghel, Luc; Walkowiak, Emmanuelle - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Following the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), firms may react to increasing skill requirements either by training or hiring the new skills, or a combination of the two.Using matched datasets with about 1,000 French plants, we assess the relative importance of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861395