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Entry barriers and the labor market outcomes of incumbent workers : evidence from a deregulation reform in the German crafts sector
Lergetporer, Philipp; Ruhose, Jens; Simon, Lisa - 2018
We study the labor market outcomes of a deregulation reform in Germany that removed licensing requirements to become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916534
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Investment liberalisation, technology take-off and export market entry : does foreign ownership structure matter?
Girma, Sourafel; Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; … - 2015
Before and after its accession to the WTO in 2001, China has undergone a far-reaching investment liberalisation. As part of this, existing restrictions on foreign ownership structure and mandatory export and technology transfer requirements imposed on foreign firms have been lifted in a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510581
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A bitter medicine? : short-term employment impact of deregulation in network industries
Bassanini, Andrea - 2015
deregulation in retail distribution has no (or even positive) short-term employment effects. This discrepancy is likely driven by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295517
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Product market deregulation and labor market outcomes
Ebell, Monique (contributor); Häfke, Christian (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001869509
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Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training
Bassanini, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2007
deregulation reduces profits per unit of output, and thereby reduces training. On the other hand, the number of firms increases … results are unambiguous and show that an increase in product market deregulation generates a sizeable increase in training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003583930
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Inflation and welfare in long-run equilibrium with firm dynamics
Janiak, Alexandre; Monteiro, Paulo Santos - 2009
We analyze the welfare cost of inflation in a model with cash-in-advance constraints and an endogenous distribution of establishments' productivities. Inflation distorts aggregate productivity through firm entry dynamics. The model is calibrated to the United States economy and the long-run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916989
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Skill-biased change in entrepreneurial technology
Poschke, Markus - 2010
In contrast to the very large literature on skill-biased technical change among workers, there is hardly any work on the importance of skills for the entrepreneurs who employ those workers, and in particular on their evolution over time. This paper proposes a simple theory of skill-biased change...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011635
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Transitions to entrepreneurship and industry-specific barriers
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bates, Timothy Mason; Parker, Simon C. - 2011
Drivers of entrepreneurial entry are investigated in this study by examining how entry into small-business ownership is shaped by industry-specific constraints. The human- and financial-capital endowments of potential entrepreneurs entering firms in various industries are shown to differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009518408
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Little divergence in America : market access and demographic transition in the United States
Guldi, Melanie; Rahman, Ahmed S. - 2022
This paper assesses the causal impact of greater market access on demographic transition during the latter half of the 19th century in the United States. We construct new measures of fertility changes and measures of railroad access at the county level from 1850 - 1890. We are able to document...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013173243
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Product markets and paychecks : deregulation's effect on the compensation structure in banking
Wozniak, Abigail K. (contributor) - 2006
This paper asks how deregulation intended to promote competition in the commercial banking industry affected the … over time to identify the effects of deregulation. Banking deregulation had no effect on compensation levels or inequality …, between-establishment inequality increased dramatically. Deregulation also led to increases in inequality among managers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278941