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The wider economic impacts of high-skilled migrants: a survey of the literature for receiving countries
Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126145
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Cultural diversity, innovation and entrepreneurship: firm-level evidence from London
Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
cultural diversity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales strategies in London businesses between 2005 and 2007. London is … entrepreneurship. Overall, the results provide some support for claims that diversity is an economic asset, as well as a social benefit. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126402
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A picture of European unemployment: success and failure
Nickell, Stephen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
Average unemployment in Europe today is relatively high compared with OECD countries outside Europe. The majority of countries in Europe today have lower unemployment than any OECD country outside Europe, including the US. These two fa cts are consistent because the four largest countries in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884684
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The Greek paradox of falling competitiveness and weak institutions in a high GDP growth rate context (1995-2008)
Pelagidis, Theodore - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In this paper, we deal with some pieces of evidence that are necessary to explain the paradox of rapid GDP growth despite the dismal competitiveness of the Greek economy during 1995-2008. It is shown how the structural weaknesses of the Greek economy have hit the domestic economy investigating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745020
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Changes in wage inequality
Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
We examine trends in wage inequality in the US and other countries over the past four decades. We show that there has been a secular increase in the 90-50 wage differential in the US and the UK since the late 1970s. By contrast the 50-10 differential rose mainly in the 1980s and flattened or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746032
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Ideology and economic activity
Morishima, Michio - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1986
with such institutions as the state, family structure, etc., constitute the superstructure of the society, as being no more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746218
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A reflection of history: fluctuations in Greek sovereign risk between 1914 and 1929
Christodoulaki, Olga; Cho, Haeran; Fryzlewicz, Piotr - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Time series of daily data for Greek sovereign risk have been compiled and analysed statistically to shed light on the way that historical events, including political and institutional changes, determined the creditworthiness of the Greek government on the London stock market from the start of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746222
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How do domestic attributes affect international spillovers of CO2-efficiency?
Perkins, Richard; Neumayer, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Although there is evidence that CO2-efficiency enhancing innovations in one country diffuse into other countries to contribute to the goals of climate change mitigation, very little is known about the conditions under which such international spillovers are most likely to take place. Our...
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A model of equilibrium institutions
Guimaraes, Bernardo; Sheedy, Kevin D. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
Institutions that serve the interests of an elite are often cited as an important reason for poor economic performance …. This paper builds a model of institutions that allocate resources and power to maximize the payoff of an elite, but where … any group that exerts sufficient fighting effort can launch a rebellion that destroys the existing institutions. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746446
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A Reflection of History: Fluctuations in Greek Sovereign Risk between 1914 and 1929
Christodoulaki, Olga; Cho, Haeran; Fryzlewicz, Piotr - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Time series of daily data for Greek sovereign risk have been compiled and analysed statistically to shed light on the way that historical events, including political and institutional changes, determined the creditworthiness of the Greek government on the London stock market from the start of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686659