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. In this paper, we build upon the earlier work of Robertson et al. (2021) to investigate why increased Egyptian exports … did not directly increase employment. To illustrate the relationship between firm-level exporting and employment, we …) in 2013, 2016, and 2020. Our firm-level microanalysis demonstrates that while there is a positive employment response to …
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This paper presents a tractable formalization and an empirical investigation of the quality-complementarity hypothesis, the hypothesis that input quality and plant productivity are complementary in generating output quality. We embed this complementarity in a general-equilibrium trade model with...
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membership; exit rates then rise among incumbents with the lowest prices who are constrained in adjusting their prices downwards …. Those with higher TFP have higher survival probabilities. However, increased competition does not induce incumbents to raise …
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, when detectable, result from the even faster declines in employment. …
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What type of businesses do unions target for organizing? A dynamic model of the union organizing process is constructed to answer this question. A union monitors establishments in an industry to learn about their productivity and decides which ones to organize and when. An establishment becomes...
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This paper examines the link between multinational enterprises and plant exit in Chile. We investigate three main … questions: are affiliates of foreign multinationals more likely to exit than domestic firms? Does the exit probability of … multinationals depend on its export orientation?, and Does the presence of multinationals affect the survival of other firms in the …
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We explore the impact of privatization and the entry of new firms on enterprise performance in Belarus, a transition economy in which reform and market-orientated institutional development has been limited. We hypothesize that private ownership will enhance company performance, measured in a...
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Georgia, this paper investigates the incidence of undocumented worker employment across firms and how it affects firm survival …' undocumented employment harms firms' ability to survive, while firms' own undocumented employment strongly enhances their survival …
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by changes in legislation. -- product market competition ; fixed-term employment ; labor contract …
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Economists have long been interested in analyzing entries and exits of establishments. In many countries administrative datasets provide an excellent source for detailed analysis on a fine and disaggregate level. However, administrative datasets are not without problems: restructuring and...
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