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. Another critical condition is required for this to generate higher productivity: complementarity of worker and firm quality in … the production function. Using establishment level productivity regressions, we show that such complementarity is found in … assortative matching is an important source of the urban productivity premium. …
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Modern central business districts are characterised by high-rise office buildings. Helsley and Strange (2008) argue that skyscrapers are caused by agglomeration economies and a prize for being the tallest, so a reputation effect. We aim to test the relevance of this model by investigating the...
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Using nationally representative workplace data we find the use of temporary agency workers (TAW) is positively associated with financial performance in the British private sector and weakly associated with higher sales per employee. However TAW is not associated with value added per employee....
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poorer labour productivity than nonunion voice and, in particular, direct voice. On the other hand, union-based voice regimes …
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United States or Sweden. Nevertheless the contribution to the long run growth of labour productivity stemming from even the …
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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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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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companies with higher wages, higher productivity and higher capital intensity. The ‘blip up’ in new recognitions is consistent …
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