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Wage dynamics and promotions inside and between firms
Silva, António Dias da; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2006
We focus on the dynamic relation between wage increases, promotions and job changes. We relate our empirical analyses to the theoretical model of Gibbons and Waldman (1999). In the empirical analyses we use the Portuguese matched employer-employee data Quadros de Pessoal. We conclude from...
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Fiscal deficits, monetary reform and inflation in transition economies : the case of Bulgaria
Budina, Nina; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 1996
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Assessment of tourist competitiveness by analysing destination efficiency
Cracolici, Francesca; Rietveld, Piet; Nijkamp, Peter - 2006
tourist sector and the increasing competition on the tourist market as a consequence of the transition from mass tourism to a …
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Efficiency and productivity of Italian tourist destinations : a quantitative estimation based on data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist method
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Nijkamp, Peter; Cuffaro, Miranda - 2006
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Efficiency and productivity of Italian tourist destinations : a quantitative estimation based on data envelopment analysis and the Malmquist method
Cracolici, Maria Francesca; Nijkamp, Peter - 2006
This paper aims to provide a statistical analysis of the relative economic performance of Italian tourist areas. It uses two modelling approaches to estimate the competitiveness of these regions, viz. data envelopment analysis (DEA) and the Malmquist method. Our results show that the...
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Testing for marginal spillovers from foreign direct investment
Altomonte, Carlo; Pennings, Enrico - 2005
simultaneity bias in productivity estimates through semi-parametric techniques, we find that changes in domestic firms’ TFP are …
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Place-based policies, firm productivity and displacement effects : evidence from Shenzhen, China
Koster, Hans; Cheng, Fang Fang; Gerritse, Michiel; … - 2016 - This version: 31 March 2016
and productivity of firms in designated areas. We use unique panel data from China with information on manufacturing firms …’ production factors, productivity and location, and we exploit temporal and spatial variation in place-based interventions due to … issues that (i) science parks are located in favourable locations and that (ii) high-productivity firms sort themselves in …
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Identification of "wasteful commuting" using search theory
Ommeren, Jos van; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2005
In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is argued that the commute of the self-employed is the result of a search process for vacant workplaces, whereas employees search for vacant jobs through space. Because the arrival...
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The pace of structural change, cyclical shocks and unemployment dynamics : simulations using an empirical flow model
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Dijk, Mark van - 1997
During the last decade The Netherlands witnessed an increase in the pace of job creation and job destruction. A sensitivity analysis using an empirical model of labour market flows shows thatthe congestion in the matching process due to the increase in the pace of job creation and destruction...
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Do firms or workers drive the foreign acquisition wage premium?
Rösch, Marcus; Gerritse, Michiel; Karreman, Bas; Oort, … - 2022
We decompose the wage premium after foreign acquisitions of Dutch domestic firms into the constituent firm- and worker-level premia. Firm-level premia grow up to 3.5%, accounting for the majority of the acquisition premium. Worker-level premia by contrast, grow up to 1% and only materialize with...
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