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High-speed railways and firms total factor productivity : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Bottasso, Anna; Conti, Maurizio; Ferrara, Antonella Rita; … - 2023
(HSR) on firms' total factor productivity (TFP). The quasi-random location of the HSR station in the Italian city of Reggio … productivity. Overall results are robust to a large number of sensitivity checks and falsification tests. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014422618
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What do field experiments of discrimination in markets tell us? : a meta analysis of studies conducted since 2000
Rich, Judy - 2014
Sixty-seven field experiments of discrimination in markets conducted since 2000 across seventeen countries were surveyed. Significant and persistent discrimination was found on all bases in all markets. High levels of discrimination were recorded against ethnic groups, older workers, men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418863
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An innovation index based on knowledge capital investment : definition and results for the UK market sector
Clayton, Tony; Borgo, Mariela Dal; Haskel, Jonathan - 2009
from the EUKLEMS database. Our main findings are as follows. Over 2000-2005, market sector labour productivity grew at 2 … innovation contributed 61% (=(1.24+0.45)/2.74)of labour productivity growth over the period. -- Innovation ; productivity growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811075
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Spillovers through backward linkages from multinationals : measurement matters!
Barrios Cobos, Salvador; Görg, Holger; Strobl, Eric - 2009
. -- Multinationals ; backward spillovers ; productivity spillovers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003903185
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The importance of skill measurement for growth accounting
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; … - 2010
-adjusted index of labor services. We find that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth decreases significantly when using the latter … method. This means that when using the alternative method one explains more of the growth in labor productivity than what a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975612
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Measuring the relative productivity of multitasking to sole-tasking in household production : new experimental evidence
Foster, Gigi; Kalenkoski, Charlene - 2012
designed to measure the individual-specific productivity parameters from this model. We observe these productivity parameters … ; household production ; child care ; time use ; productivity measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009575155
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Measuring organizational capital in the new economy
Black, Sandra E. (contributor); Lynch, Lisa M. (contributor) - 2005
recent empirical work on the impact of organizational capital on firm productivity and workers' wages. We then discuss in … detail how organizational capital has been measured and the measurement issues that face those trying to understand the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002691057
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Productivity and health : alternative productivity estimates using physical activity
Akogun, Oladele; Dillon, Andrew; Friedman, Jed; … - 2017
This paper investigates an alternative proxy for individual worker productivity in physical work settings: a direct … daily productivity obtained from firm personnel data, with physical activity; they are strongly related. Second, the paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011757734
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Discretionary measures of active labor market policy : the German employment promotion reform in perspective
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336861
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Evaluation of active labour market policy : methodological concepts and empirical estimates
Hujer, Reinhard; Caliendo, Marco - 2000
Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339682