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Technical change and total factor productivity growth : the case of Chinese provinces
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2010
In the literature technical change is mostly assumed to be exogenous and specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect technical change. In this paper we model technical change via time trend (purely external non-economic) as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941555
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A general model of technical change with an application to the OECD countries
Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal - 2011
In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009425734
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Estimation of technical change and TFP growth based on observable technology shifters
Heshmati, Almas; Rashidghalam, Masoomeh - 2016
This paper models and estimates total factor productivity (TFP) growth parametrically. The model is a generalization of the traditional production model where technology is represented by a time trend. TFP growth is decomposed into unobservable technical change, scale economies and observable...
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The geography of occupational choice : empirical evidence from the Swiss apprenticeship market
Kuhn, Andreas - 2022
This paper presents an empirical exploration of the geography of adolescents' occupational choices, using data covering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013433220
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Three varieties of Africa's industrial future
Naudé, Wim - 2019
This paper shows that African economies have generally not de-industrialized, that manufacturing growth is very … possible, and moreover that the contribution of manufacturing in Africa has been underestimated. As far as the future is … and emerging technologies. In one variety, labelled "acquiring traditional manufacturing capabilities" technological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122074
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Dispersion in dispersion: measuring establishment-level differences in productivity
Cunningham, Cindy; Foster, Lucia; Grim, Cheryl; … - 2021
We describe new experimental productivity statistics, Dispersion Statistics on Productivity (DiSP), jointly developed and published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau. Official BLS productivity statistics provide information on aggregate productivity growth. Yet, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550217
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Opening the black box : task and skill mix and productivity dispersion
Blackwood, G. Jacob; Cunningham, Cindy; Dey, Matthew S.; … - 2022
early life interventions, intergenerational mobility, parental investments, fertility, health care provisionAAn important gap in most empirical studies of establishment-level productivity is the limited information about workers' characteristics and their tasks. Skill-adjusted labor input...
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Job-hopping in Silicon Valley : some evidence concerning the micro-foundations of a high technology cluster
Fallick, Bruce (contributor);  … - 2005
-hopping facilitates the reallocation of resources towards firms with superior innovations, but it also creates human capital externalities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003260835
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Is there convergence of Russia's regions? : exploring the empirical evidence ; 1995 - 2010
Lehmann, Hartmut; Silvagni, Maria Giulia - 2013
This paper analyzes convergence in per capita gross regional product of Russia's regions during the period 1995-2010, when regional data are available. Using a panel regression framework we find no evidence for beta-convergence. Instead we find divergence, which is, however, attenuated over...
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On the persistence of the China shock
Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - 2021
impacts of import competition on manufacturing employment, overall employment-population ratios, and income per capita in more … reduction in the manufacturing employment-population ratio of 1.54 percentage points, which is 55% of the observed change in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012653204