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explain the effects of entry-year electricity prices on subsequent energy intensity. We discuss how this “technology lock …
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We use census data to show that structural transformation reflects a fundamental reallocation of labor from goods to services, instead of a relabelling that occurs when goods-producing firms outsource their in-house service production. The novelty of our approach is that it categorizes labor by...
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which technology leads to employment polarization, and policy makers can vote on immigration legislation. I empirically …
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This study provides evidence for the US that the secular decline in the labor share is not only explained by technical change or globalization, but also by the dynamics of factor taxation, automation capital (robots), and population growth. First, we empirically find indications of...
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technological progress and changes in factor prices. The equilibrium technology is multi-dimensional and not strongly factor …
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incentives with social incentives and find that the bias in technology adoption depends crucially on whether the non …
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that if the technology is already advanced and competition intensifies then firms wouldn't innovate. The dynamic … interaction we attempt to capture and explain is the one of technology with the possibility of innovation via the intensity of …
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theory characterizes how innovation and learning determine technology gaps, trade and global income inequality. Countries …This paper studies the origins and consequences of international technology gaps. I develop an endogenous growth model … where R&D efficiency varies across countries and productivity differences emerge from firm-level technology investments. The …
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recessions). Second, we link SBTC to direct measures of information technology investment expenditures and show that these …
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Over the last decades, hours worked per capita have declined substantially in many OECD economies. Using a neoclassical growth model with endogenous work-leisure choice, we assess the role of trend growth slowdown in accounting for the decline in hours worked. In the model, a permanent reduction...
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