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men without the element of direct competition, which allows for the identification of psychological effects of competition …
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In this study, we examine the influence of competitiveness on the stability of labour relations using the example of … growing evidence on the external relevance of competitiveness by analysing gender differences in the correlation between … competitiveness and labour market success and whether these effects depend on how the students' propensity to compete is measured. By …
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We merge experimental data on competitiveness of a large sample of students with their complete educational history for …
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changes in competition in the United States. The sector offers workplace employee representation through trade union branches … Productivity (TFP) than incumbents. Increased competition from new entrants leads incumbents to reduce the price of union …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …
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Competition in the labor market theoretically leads to higher wages, yet empirical evidence to substantiate it …, particularly in developing countries, has been sparse. Our study delves into the impact of increased competition in the labor …-owned enterprises gained the most from this upswing in competition, primarily due to restructuring. Furthermore, we demonstrate that …
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This paper first finds a clear pattern of child gender difference in family migration in China. Specifically, our estimates show that on average, the first child being a son increases the father's migration probability by 25.2 percent. We hypothesize that the family's competitive earning...
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Although market concentration is one of the main impediments to productivity growth globally, data constraints have limited its analysis to developed countries or cross-country studies based on definitions of market concentration across nations and industries. This paper takes advantage of a...
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Environmental policies may have important consequences for firms' competitiveness or profit-ability. However, the … Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). We explain why there are arguably no significant competitiveness effects on firms, at least …. Finally, small but significant stimulating effects on innovation have been found so far. …
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competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms …
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