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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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The Demand of Heterogeneous Labour in Germany
Falk, Martin; Koebel, Bertrand M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 1997
In this paper, four commonly provided explanations for the shift in labour demand for different skill groups are investigated: the substitutability of inputs; the own-price sensitivity for different types of labour; the effect of economic growth and the impact of technological change. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008567612
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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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Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments
Hempell, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German service companies for the time period 1994?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097535
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Does IT Outsourcing Increase Firm Success? An Empirical Assessment using Firm-Level Data
Ohnemus, Jörg - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007
positive effect on firms? employment growth rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097623
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Why Do Firms Train Apprentices? The Net Cost Puzzle Reconsidered
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2008
manufacturing occupations face net training costs during the apprenticeship period but gain by the long-term employment of its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005098072
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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