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Management practices, workforce selection and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David E.; Van … - 2016
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
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Does Management Matter in Schools
Bloom, Nicholas - 2014
outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013044342
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Management Practices, Workforce Selection and Productivity
Bender, Stefan - 2016
and firm-level productivity in Germany. In our preferred TFP estimates only a small fraction of this correlation is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996465
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Measuring the cost effectiveness of an R&D tax credit for the UK
Griffith, Rachel; Redding, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2001
effect on technology transfer (catching up with the technological frontier) as well as innovation (pushing the frontier …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928789
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Carbon taxes, path dependency and directed technical change : evidence from the auto industry
Aghion, Philippe; Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Hémous, David - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009671328
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Carbon Taxes, Path Dependency and Directed Technical Change : Evidence from the Auto Industry
Aghion, Philippe - 2014
innovation distinguishing between "dirty" (internal combustion engine) and "clean" (e.g. electric and hybrid) patents across 80 … tax-inclusive fuel prices. Furthermore, there is path dependence in the type of innovation both from aggregate spillovers … and from the firm's own innovation history. Using our model we simulate the increases in carbon taxes needed to allow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013064941
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New survey evidence on recent changes in UK union recognition
Blanden, Jo; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper reports results from a recent survey we conducted on the union status of over 650 firms in the private sector of the UK. Compared to earlier periods, the survey shows that since 1997 there has been a slight fall in derecognition, but a relatively large increase in union recognition....
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Why do management practices differ across firms and countries?
Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745216
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Minimum wages and firm profitability
Draca, Mirko; Machin, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Although there is a large literature on the economic effects of minimum wages on labour market outcomes (especially employment), there is hardly any evidence on their impact on firm performance. This is surprising: minimum wages appear to have a significant impact on wages, but only a limited...
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