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This report presents new evidence relating to the effects of climate policy in Europe, particularly the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). The evidence is based on new data from almost 800 phone interviews we conducted with managers in manufacturing plants in six European...
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Economists have long puzzled over the astounding differences in productivity between firms and countries. For example, looking at disaggregated data on U.S. manufacturing industries, Syverson (2004a) found that plants at the 90th percentile produced four times as much as the plant in the 10th...
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structured as an apprenticeship, in which all production generated during training is used to compensate the expert. Knowledge …
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This paper provides a comprehensive description of the financial environment for households and small businesses in a defined geographical region. It develops a new, functional approach to financial access surveys, which involves asking detailed questions about how respondents meet their...
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In recent years, British labour markets have been characterised by a decline of institutional regulation of entry routes into many occupations and internal labour markets. This paper examines this change by comparing occupational labour markets for selected occupations in which institutional...
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. In the financial sector, these career streams are linked to training and geographical mobility within the organization … with those with craft skills. For the former, company-specific training develops with internal movement. For the latter …, training is by apprenticeship leading to externally transferable skills. The two sub-systems are interrelated as it is often …
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In the empirical literature on work experience, job tenure, training and earnings, only one previous study has made a … has made the distinction with respect to training. Yet it is reasonable to hypothesize that the distinction is important … independent effect. Similarly it is found that the distinction between training for current and previous occupations gives better …
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This paper examines the importance of social and geographical networks in structuring entry into skilled occupations in premodern London. Using newly digitised records of those beginning an apprenticeship in London between 1600 and 1749, we find little evidence that networks strongly shaped...
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complexity and its training requirements. When two tasks are equally complex, firms will automate the task that requires more … training and in which labor is hence more expensive. Under quite general conditions this leads to job polarization, a decline …. The model makes novel predictions regarding occupational training requirements, which we find to be consistent with US …
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Using nationally representative survey data for Finnish employees linked to register data on their wages and work histories we find wage effects of high involvement management (HIM) practices are generally positive and significant. However, employees with better wage and work histories are more...
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