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Does competition raise productivity through improving management quality?
Van Reenen, John - 2010
tougher competition does indeed raise productivity and one of the main mechanisms is through improving management practices …. To establish this, I report on new research seeking to quantify management. I relate this to theoretical perspectives on … the economics of competition and management, arguing that management should be seen at least in part as a transferable …
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Management practices, workforce selection and productivity
Bender, Stefan; Bloom, Nicholas; Card, David E.; Van … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475083
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The returns to scarce talent : footedness and player remuneration in European soccer
Bryson, Alex; Frick, Bernd; Simmons, Robert - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003880327
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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects : theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Ireland, Norman J.; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - 2009
An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...
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The effect of trade on the demand for skill : evidence from the Interstate Highway System
Michaels, Guy (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003405169
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Quality matters : the expulsion of professors and Ph.D. student outcomes in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - 2010
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Has ICT polarized skill demand? : evidence from eleven countries over 25 years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973888
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Immigration and the occupational choice of natives : a factor proportions approach
Ortega, Javier; Verdugo, Gregory - 2011
This paper evaluates the impact of immigration on the labor market outcomes of natives in France over the period 1962-1999. Combining large (up to 25%) extracts from six censuses and data from Labor Force Surveys, we exploit the variation in the immigrant share across education/experience cells...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008822905
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Import competition from and outsourcing to China : a curse or blessing for firms?
Mion, Giordano; Zhu, Linke - 2010
We use Belgian manufacturing firm-level data over the period 1996- 2007 to analyze the impact of imports from different origins on firm growth, exit, and skill upgrading. For this purpose we use both industry-level and firm-level imports by country of origin and distinguish between firm-level...
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Insiders versus outsiders in monetary policy-making
Besley, Timothy (contributor); Meads, Neil (contributor);  … - 2007
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