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of (a) a theoretical framework that accommodates first order features of firm-to-firm network data, (b) a maximum … customers lower production costs and end up larger themselves. The model is estimated using novel micro-data on firm-to-firm …
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We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women's agency. The approach combines mixed-methods data collection and machine learning. We select the best survey questions based on how strongly correlated they are with a "gold standard" measure of the...
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We study the impact of techies-engineers and other technically trained workers-on firm-level productivity. We first …-neutral productivity in both manufacturing and non-manufacturing industries. We find that techies raise firm-level productivity, and this … report new facts on the role of techies in the firm by leveraging French administrative data and unique surveys. Techies are …
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productivity in the rest of the economy. To separate exogenous gains in ICT from other technological progress, we use the relative …
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evidence on the direct effect of ethnic divisions on productivity. In team production at a plant in Kenya, an upstream worker …
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We adopt the Jackknife Model Averaging (JMA) technique to conduct a meta-regression analysis of 925 renminbi (RMB) misalignment estimates generated by 69 studies. The JMA method accounts for model selection and sampling uncertainties, and allows for non-nested model specifications and...
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Recent surveys of the literature on climate change and migration emphasize the important diversity of outcomes and approaches of the empirical studies. In this paper, we conduct a meta-analysis in order to investigate the role of the methodological choices of these empirical studies in finding...
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We perform a Meta-Regression Analysis (MRA) of the literature on government size and corruption, examining 450 empirical estimates retrieved from 44 primary papers published from 1998 to 2022. We find considerable heterogeneity in the results, mainly depending on whether the paper is published...
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We provide the first quantitative synthesis of the literature on how financial markets react to the disclosure of financial crimes committed by listed firms. While consensus expects negative stock price returns, the exact size of the effect is far from clear. We survey 111 studies published over...
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Conflicts between management and workers are common and can have significant impacts on productivity. We study how … productivity of surviving workers. Moreover, it is specifically the firing of peers with whom workers had social connections … portrait of the firm emerges as a web of interconnected relational agreements supported by social connections. …
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