Similar Search Results

R&D, Production Structure, and Productivity Growth in the U.S., Japaneseand German Manufacturing Sectors

Mohnen, Pierre A. - 1984

.S., Japan and Germany. A dynamic factor demand model with two variable inputs (labor and energy)and two quasi-fixed inputs …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012477833

Wage Equalization and Regional Misallocation : Evidence from Italian and German Provinces

Boeri, Tito - 2019

Italy and Germany have similar geographical differences in productivity - North more productive than South in Italy …; West more productive than East in Germany - but have adopted different models of wage bargaining. Italy sets wages based on … nationwide contracts that allow for limited local wage adjustments, while Germany has moved toward a more flexible system that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479565

Labor Market Effects of Population Aging

Boersch-Supan, Axel - 2001

policy. It takes Germany as an example, but it equally applies to the other large economies in Continental Europe. The paper …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470075

The Use of Replacement Workers in Union Contract Negotiations : The U.S. Experience, 1980-1989

Cramton, Peter C. - 1995

It is argued in many circles that a structural change occurred in U.S. collective bargaining in the 1980s. We investigate the extent to which the hiring of replacement workers can account for this change. For a sample of over 300 major strikes since 1980, we estimate the likelihood of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012473780

Division of Labor and the Rise of Cities : Evidence from U.S. Industrialization, 1850-1880

Kim, Sukkoo - 2006

Industrial revolution in the United States first took hold in rural New England as factories arose and grew in a handful of industries such as textiles and shoes. However, as factory scale economies rose and factory production techniques were adopted by an ever growing number of industries,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466422

Industrialization and Urbanization : Did the Steam Engine Contribute to the Growth of Cities in the United States?

Kim, Sukkoo - 2005

Industrialization and urbanization are seen as interdependent processes of modern economic development. However, the exact nature of their causal relationship is still open to considerable debate. This paper uses firm-level data from the manuscripts of the decennial censuses between 1850 and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467479

Path Dependence and the Origins of Cotton Textile Manufacturing in New England

Rosenbloom, Joshua L. - 2002

During the first half of of the nineteenth century the United States emerged as a major producer of cotton textiles. This paper argues that the expansion of domestic textile production is best understood as a path- dependent process that was initiated by the proetction provided by the Embargo...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469528

Economic Backwardness in Political Perspective

Acemoglu, Daron - 2002

may reduce the incentives to block. We argue that this model provides an interpretation for why Britain, Germany and the U …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469884

The Transition to a New Economy After the Second Industrial Revolution

Atkeson, Andrew - 2001

During the Second Industrial Revolution, 1860-1900, many new technologies, including electricity, were invented. These inventions launched a transition to a new economy, a period of about 70 years of ongoing, rapid technical change. After this revolution began, however, several decades passed...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470039

Location and Technological Change in the American Glass Industry During the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

Lamoreaux, Naomi R. - 1997

Scholars have attempted to explain geographic clustering in inventive activity by arguing that it is connected with clustering in production or new investment. They have offered three possible reasons for this link: because invention occurs as a result of learning by doing; because new...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472886

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last