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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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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?.
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, 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
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Wage-Setting Institutions as Industrial Policy.
Davis, S.J.; Henrekson, M. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000
centralized wage setting on the industry distribution of employment. We examine Sweden's industry distribution from 1960 to 1994 … distribution. The compression associated with centralized wage-setting shifted the industry distribution of Swedish employment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005639309
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Foreign Direct Investment and Employment: Home Country Experience in the United States and Sweden
Blomstrom, M.; Fors, G.; Lipsey, R.E. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1997
We compare the relation between foreign affiliate production and parent employment in U.S. manufacturing multinationals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486487
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Full Employment and the Welfare State.
Lindbeck, A. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1996
What were the asserted complementarities between the welfare state and full-employment policies, and why do these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486494
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Electronics, Economic Growth and Employment – Revolution or Evolution
Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1982
The "new electronics technology" in its various manifestations has been very much in the limelight during recent years. It has been associated with future mass unemployment or scary visions of a Brave New World, a grand discontinuity in economic and cultural development. Governments are worried...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684418
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Relief Work and Grant Displacement in Sweden
Gramlich, Edward M.; Ysander, Bengt-Christer - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1980
No abstract.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684455