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Economic-Social Interaction in China
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
This paper analyzes economic-social interaction in China in connection with the country’s change of economic system. I … China’s options for future social improvements into three broad categories: policies that improve the stability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645350
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Firm Growth, Institutions and Structural Transformation
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
This essay argues that the economic contribution of certain firms – be they small, young or rapidly growing – has to be understood in a broader context of creative destruction. Growth of some firms requires contraction and exit of some other firms to free up resources that can be reallocated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520887
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Gazelles as Job Creators – A Survey and Interpretation of the Evidence
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few rapidly growing firms – so-called Gazelles – that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645364
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Gender, Wages, and Social Security in China’s Industrial Sector
Rickne, Johanna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
discrimination is thereby rejected. Equal average wages between men and women are found among firms located in China’s Special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008503172
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Technology Development and Job Creation in China
Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; Ping, He; Qian, Jinchang - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
. The ambition of transforming China into an innovation-oriented nation and the emphasis on indigenous innovation capacity … China between 1998 and 2004, we analyze how S&T affect employment growth. Our results suggest that S&T activities have no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645323
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FDI and Job Creation in China
Karlsson, Sune; Lundin, Nannan; Sjöholm, Fredrik; He, Ping - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
’s largest recipients of FDI, China has arguably benefited from foreign multinational enterprises in various respects. However …, one of the main challenges for China, and other developing countries, is job-creation, and the effect of FDI on job … job creation in domestic firms. We analyze FDI and job creation in China using a large sample of manufacturing firms for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005645395
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János Kornai’s Contributions to Economic Analysis
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007
The publication of János Kornai’s memoirs, By Force of Thought, provides an excellent opportunity to remind ourselves of Kornai’s great contributions to economic research. This paper discusses both his basic research strategy and some of his main research results. Kornai has usually dealt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771097
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North Korea: Fading Totalitarianism in the "Hermit Kingdom"
Katzeff Silberstein, Benjamin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
North Korea is perceived by many as one of the most totalitarian societies of modern time. But in the wake of the economic collapse of the 1990s, North Korean totalitarianism has grappled with new conditions. This paper examines how the country’s totalitarian character has been upheld through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008494015
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Swedish Lessons for Post-Socialist Countries
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
Sweden experienced exeptionally fast economic growth during the century-long period 1870-1970. This illustrates that a decentralized market economy, highly open to international transactions, may be quite conductive to sustained productivity growth if the government fulfills its "classical"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190641
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Picking Winners or Bailing Out Losers? A Study of the Swedish State Holding Company and its Role in the New Swedish Industrial Policy
Eliasson, Gunnar; Ysander, Bengt-Christer - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1981
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684515