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Education or inflation? The roles of structural factors and macroeconomic instability in explaining Brazilian inequality in the 1980s

Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Litchfield, Julie A. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

This paper investigates possible explanations for the increases in inequality observed in Brazil during the 1980s …

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Do oil windfalls improve living standards?: evidence from Brazil

Caselli, Francesco; Michaels, Guy - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

We use variation in oil output among Brazilian municipalities to investigate the effects of resource windfalls. We find muted effects of oil through market channels: offshore oil has no effect on municipal non-oil GDP or its composition, while onshore oil has only modest effects on non-oil GDP...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746388

Fertility and union dissolution in Brazil: an example of multi-process modelling using the Demographic and Health Survey calendar data

Leone, Tiziana; Hinde, Andrew - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

between union instability and fertility in Brazil which has been long understudied. Using the example of Brazil it … fertility in Brazil using multiprocess event history analysis techniques as developed by Lillard (1993). This type of …

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Violence and birth outcomes: evidence from homicides in Brazil

Koppensteiner, Martin Foureaux; Manacorda, Marco - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

, where violence is endemic. Our estimates imply that homicides in Brazil are responsible for at least 0.5 percent of the …

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Long term implications of the ICT revolution: applying the lessons of growth theory and growth accounting

Oulton, Nicholas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884516

A British industrial success: productivity in the Lancashire and New England cotton spinning industries a century ago

Leunig, Tim - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper uses new product-specific, micro-level US data to show that New England had lower levels of productivity in …-abundant country – has higher labour productivity contradicts the Rothbarth-Habakkuk model. We suggest Britain’s industrial success …

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Multinationals and US productivity leadership: evidence from Great Britain

Criscuolo, Chiara; Martin, Ralf - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

We study the productivity of US owned plants in the UK. Using a new dataset that identifies foreign and domestic MNEs …

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New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition

Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

companies with higher wages, higher productivity and higher capital intensity. The ‘blip up’ in new recognitions is consistent …

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Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries

Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

-level productivity, profitability, Tobin’s Q, sales growth and survival rates. Management practices also display significant cross …

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UNIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY: UNIONIZED FIRMS VERSUS UNION FIRMS

BEN-NER, A.; ESTRIN, S. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1988

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