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Urbanization and growth : why did the splendor of the Italian cities in the sixteenth century not lead to transition?

Chiarini, Bruno; Marzano, Elisabetta - 2014

In this paper we investigate the relation between population, wages and urban population in the Italian economy. During the period examined, 1320 - 1870, the prevailing conditions were those of a poor, mainly agricultural economy with limited human capital and rudimentary technology. However,...

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Structural change and productivity growth in Europe : past, present and future

Duernecker, Georg; Sanchez-Martinez, Miguel - 2021

This paper studies the effect of structural change on the historical path of aggregate labor productivity growth for a large sample of European countries, and it builds a quantitative multi-sector growth model to analyze the potential impact that structural change may have on future productivity...

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Automation, economic growth, and the labor share - a comment on Prettner (2019)

Heer, Burkhard; Irmen, Andreas - 2019 - This Version: June 24, 2019

Prettner (2019) studies the implications of automation for economic growth and the labor share in a variant of the Solow-Swan model. The aggregate production function allows for two types of capital, traditional and automation capital. Traditional capital and labor are imperfect substitutes...

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Input demand and the short- and long-run employment thresholds : an empirical analysis for the German manufacturing sector

Flaig, Gebhard; Rottmann, Horst - 2000

The concept of the employment threshold plays an important role in the public discussion of unemployment. The employment threshol d is defined as that growth rate of output which is necessary to keep employment constant despite the continuous rise in labour productivity. It is related to the...

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Technological growth and hours in the long run : theory and evidence

Reif, Magnus; Tesfaselassie, Mewael F.; Wolters, Maik H. - 2021

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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Business dynamics and productivity growth in the Netherlands

Freeman, Daan; Bettendorf, Leon; Heuvelen, Gerrit Hugo van - 2024

This study examines the decline in firm dynamism within the Netherlands, potentially linked to the deceleration of productivity growth. We utilise a rich microdata set covering the period 2006-2016, encompassing nearly all Dutch corporations. This dataset facilitates an evaluation of...

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Labor supply and the demand for child care : an intertemporal approach

Minagawa, Junichi (contributor); … - 2006

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Getting people into work : what (if anything) can justify mandatory activation of welfare recipients?

Molander, Anders; Torsvik, Gaute - 2013

So-called activation policies aiming at bringing jobless people into work have been a central component of welfare reforms across OECD countries during the last decades. Such policies combine restrictive and enabling programs, but their characteristic feature is that also enabling programs are...

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Minimum wage and collective bargaining reforms : a narrative database for advanced economies

Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venter, Zoe - 2022

This paper presents and describes a new database of major minimum wage and collective bargaining reforms covering 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2020. The main advantage of this dataset is the precise identification of the nature and date of major reforms, which is valuable in many...

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Effects of US inflation on Hong Kong and Singapore

Cheung, Yin-Wong; Yuen, Jude - 2002

this paper, we examine how inflation rates in two small open economies, namely Hong Kong and Singapore, interact with those … model is used to study the inflation dynamics. It is found that Hong Kong and Singapore inflation rates, but not the U ….S. one, respond to the error correction term. Compared with Singapore, the Hong Kong inflation rate is more responsive to U …

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