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Left-handedness and economic development

Mariani, Fabio; Mercier, Marion; Pensieroso, Luca - 2021

This paper studies the interplay between left-handedness and economic development. To explain the decline and … economic development influences the prevalence of left-handedness through structural change and a genetic mechanism driven by … the link between handedness and economic performance varies across stages of development. Consistent with the implications …

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Who lives in the c-suite? : organizational structure and the division of labor in top management

Guadalupe, Maria; Li, Hongyi; Wulf, Julie M. - 2012

This paper shows that top management structures in large US firms radically changed since the mid-1980s. While the number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than general managers. Using panel data on senior management...

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Turbulence, firm decentralization and growth in bad times

Aghion, Philippe; Bloom, Nicholas; Lucking, Brian; … - 2017

What is the optimal form of firm organization during "bad times"? Using two large micro datasets on firm decentralization from US administrative data and 10 OECD countries, we find that firms that delegated more power from the Central Headquarters to local plant managers prior to the Great...

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Informality and long-run growth

Docquier, Frédéric; Müller, Tobias; Naval, Joaquín - 2014

path. Hence, we examine the effectiveness of different development policies to exit the poverty trap. Our numerical …

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Does development reduce migration?

Clemens, Michael A. - 2014

development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …

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Entrepreneurial recovery from COVID-19: decentralization, democratization, demand, distribution, and demography

Naudé, Wim - 2020

Entrepreneurship, as reflected in the start-up of new firms, the growth and market exit of existing firms, and the ow of venture capital, has been severely curtailed by the lockdown and social distancing measures taken by governments around the world in the fight against COVID-19. This paper,...

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Monetary policy, growth and employment in developing areas : a review of the literature

Junankar, Pramod N. - 2019

In this paper we review the literature on the impact that monetary policy has on growth and employment in developing countries. Much of the literature focusses on the impact of monetary policy on inflation levels and inflation volatility, and sometimes on output (GDP) levels and volatility of...

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Melancholy hues : the futility of green growth and degrowth, and the inevitability of societal collapse

Naudé, Wim - 2023

The economic expansion witnessed in the last 0,08% of modern human history is an anomalous event. It has been compared to a "rocket ship that took off five seconds ago, and nobody knows where it's going." This paper explores the destiny of this rocket ship. It shows that economic growth cannot...

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Sluggish institutions in a dynamic world : can unions and industrial competition coexist?

Hirsch, Barry T. (contributor) - 2007

During the 1930s and 1940s, collective bargaining emerged as the workplace governance norm in much of the U … in 2006. Governance shifted from a formalized union norm to one of constrained managerial discretion. In competitive and … evolving nonunion governance norms. …

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Education, governance and trade-related technology diffusion in Latin America

Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor); Wang, Yanling (contributor) - 2004

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