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Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms

Caliendo, Lorenzo - 2016

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions … endogenous response of revenue-based and quantity-based productivity to a change in layers: a firm reorganization. We show that … as a result of an exogenous demand or productivity shock that makes the firm reorganize and add a management layer …

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Firm Response to Competitive Shocks : Evidence from China's Minimum Wage Policy

Hau, Harald - 2017

factor productivity growth–particularly among the less productive firms under private Chinese or foreign ownership, but not …

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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011

Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...

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Measuring the Consumption Value of Higher Education

Alstadsæter, Annette - 2009

This paper argues that the consumption value of education is an important motivation for the educational choice. While controlling for ability, we document that individuals are willing to forego substantial future wage returns in order to acquire a particular type of higher education. We...

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The Gender Wage Gap in Developed Countries

Kunze, Astrid - 2017

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends...

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The Effect of the Real Oil Price on Regional Wage Dispersion

Kehrig, Matthias - 2017

We find that oil supply shocks decrease average real wages, particularly skilled wages, and increase wage dispersion across regions, particularly unskilled wage dispersion. In a model with spatial energy intensity differences and nontradables, labor demand shifts, while explaining the response...

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Moretti, Luca - 2017

The authors compare a firm's costs and benefits of providing apprenticeship training in Austria and Switzerland, using two original micro data sets. While both countries share a number of similarities, including an extensive vocational education and training (VET) system, and a common border,...

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Why Do We Ignore the Risk in Schooling Decisions?

Hartog, Joop - 2014

While uncertainty abounds in almost any decision on investment in schooling, it is mostly ignored in research and virtually absent in labour economics text books. This paper documents the scope for risk, discusses the tough disentanglement of heterogeneity and risk, surveys the analytical...

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Returns to Citizenship? Evidence from Germany's Recent Immigration Reforms

Gathmann, Christina - 2014

Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. We study whether a more liberal access to citizenship improves the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a weak record of...

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The Information Value of Central School Exams

Schwerdt, Guido - 2015

increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this …

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