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Employment protection, technology choice, and worker allocation
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Gautier, Pieter; Wind, Joris de - 2010
Using a country-industry panel dataset (EUKLEMS) we uncover a robust empirical regularity, namely that high-risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959174
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Resources on the stage : a firm level analysis of the ICT adoption in Turkey
Findik, Derya; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This study examines the impact of firm resources on ICT adoption by the Turkish business enterprises using firm level data. ICT adoption is measured at three levels: The first level is technology ownership. The second level is the presence of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309151
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Female-led firms : performance and risk attitudes
Parrotta, Pierpaolo; Smith, Nina - 2013
chairman and share of women in the boardroom) and firm's risk attitudes measured as variability in four firm outcome variables … than 50 employees, we find extensive evidence of a negative association between female CEO and firm's risk attitudes. This … risk aversion profile and put more effort in monitoring firm activities than men in the financial matter domains. A number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128850
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Working from home and commuting : heterogeneity over time, space, and occupations
Vos, Duco de; Ham, Maarten van; Meijers, Evert J. - 2019
Teleworking may increase the willingness to accept a longer commute. This paper presents new evidence of the effect of teleworking on the length of commutes. We use novel panel data from the Netherlands, for the years 2008-2018, and find stronger effects compared to studies that use older data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101919
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The electric telegraph, news coverage and political participation
Wang, Tianyi - 2023
Using newly digitized data on the growth of the telegraph network in America during 1840-1852, the paper studies the impacts of the electric telegraph on national elections. I use proximity to daily newspapers with telegraphic connections to Washington to generate plausibly exogenous variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014315749
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Information technology and the knowledge elites
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2001
I study a model where Information Technology, while typically increasing overall inequality, is likely to harm some people at intermediate and high levels of the distribution of income but to benefit people at the bottom. Within a given occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401091
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The "dynamic" of job competition during the ICT revolution
Chéron, Arnaud (contributor); Langot, François (contributor) - 2007
"Our paper seeks to gain insights on the effect of labor market institutions on the evolution of overeducation (job competition), unemployment inequalities and job instability during the polarization process of the labor market fostered by the diffusion of novel technologies. Based on micro...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003479624
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ICT use in the developing world : an analysis of differences in computer and internet penetration
Chinn, Menzie David (contributor);  … - 2006
Computer and Internet use, especially in developing countries, has expanded rapidly in recent years. Even in light of this expansion in technology adoption rates, penetration rates differ markedly between developed and developing countries and across developing countries. To identify the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003407830
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ICT adoption and productivity in developing countries : new firm level evidence from Brazil and India
Basant, Rakesh; Commander, Simon; Harrison, Rupert; … - 2006
This paper uses a unique new data set on nearly a thousand manufacturing firms in Brazil and India to investigate the determinants of ICT adoption and its impact on performance in both countries. The descriptive evidence shows that Brazilian firms on average use ICT more intensively than their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467244
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Innovative work practices, information technologies and working conditions : evidence for France
Askenazy, Philippe (contributor); Caroli, Eve (contributor) - 2006
"We investigate the impact of new work practices and information and communication technologies (ICT) on working conditions in France. We use a unique French dataset providing information on individual workers for the year 1998. New work practices include the use of quality norms, job rotation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003375233