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Convergence as distribution dynamics (with or without growth)

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996

Convergence concerns the poor catching up with the rich|if not instan- taneously, then at least having a tendency to do so. When poor and rich here refer to entire economies, then whether convergence occurs is traditionally viewed as just a side consequence of a more central ques- tion, namely...

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Twin peaks : growth and convergence in models of distribution dynamics

Quah, Danny - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1996

Convergence concerns poor economies catching up with rich ones. At is- sue is what happens to the cross sectional distribution of economies, not whether a single economy tends towards its own steady state. It is the latter, however, that has preoccupied the traditional approach to con- vergence...

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Trends in hours and economic growth

Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006

We study long-run trends in aggregate market hours of work and shifts across economic sectors within the context of balanced aggregate growth. We show that a model of many goods and uneven TFP growth in market and home production can rationalize the observed falling or U-shaped aggregate hours...

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Gender gaps and the rise of the service economy

Ngai, L. Rachel; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent decades. We document the between-industry component of the rise in female work for the U.S., and propose a model economy with goods, services and home production, in which women...

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External integration, structural transformation and economic development: evidence from Argentina

Fajgelbaum, Pablo; Redding, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper uses the natural experiment of Argentina’s integration into world markets in the late-nineteenth century to provide evidence on the role of internal geography in shaping the effects of external integration. We develop a quantitative model of the distribution of economic activity...

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Fueling the gender gap? Oil and women's labor and marriage market outcomes

Maurer, Stephan E.; Potlogea, Andrei - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

This paper analyzes the effect of resource-based economic specialization on women's labor market outcomes. Using information on the location and discovery of major oil fields in the Southern United States coupled with a county-level panel derived from US Census data for 1900-1940, we...

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Corporate ownership structure and performance in Europe

Grant, Jeremy; Kirchmaier, Thomas - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

to performance. For the first time we employ a Hodrick-Prescott Filter, a methodology widely used in macroeconomics to …

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An ‘eclectic’ investigation of tourism multinationals’ activities: Evidence from the Hotels and Hospitality Sector in Greece.

Anastassopoulos, George; Filippaios, Fragkiskos; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

the hypothesis that ownership-specific advantages are a major determinant of performance differences. This paper explores … performance issues using the eclectic paradigm configuration of hotel and hospitality multinationals (NACE=55), operating in …

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All-Star or benchwarmer? relative age, cohort size and career success in the NHL

Bryson, Alex; Gomez, Rafael; Zhang, Tingting - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

We analyze the performance outcomes of National Hockey League (NHL) players over 18 seasons (1990-1991 to 2007-2008) as … chiefly by supply-side factors in the form of excess cohort competition and not quality differences since the performance of … cohorts. Performance-adjusted wage losses for those born in large birth cohorts are therefore greater than the raw estimates …

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Gender differences in response to big stakes

Azmat, Ghazala; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Iriberri, Nagore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

. In a natural experiment, we study the gender difference in performance resulting from changes in stakes. We use detailed … information on the performance of high-school students and exploit the variation in the stakes of tests, which range from 5% to 27 …

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