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Intangible investment and technical efficiency : the case of software-intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey
Findik, Derya; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015
This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309152
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Technology and education : computers, software, and the internet
Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348286
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Does the adoption of complex software impact employment composition and the skill content of occupations? : evidence from Chilean firms
Almeida, Rita; Fernandes, Ana Margarida; Viollaz, Mariana - 2017
on the use of routine tasks by middle-educated workers, this study focuses on a measure of complex software that is … instrumental variables estimates show that in the medium run, firms' adoption of complex software affects firms' employment … decisions and the skill content of occupations. The adoption of complex software reallocates employment from skilled workers to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732039
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Integrating severely disabled individuals into the labour market : the Austrian case
Humer, Brigitte (contributor);  … - 2007
"We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of eligible individuals we compare workers before and after...
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The measurement of child costs : a rothbarth-type method consistent with scale economies
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier - 2009
We propose a new methodology to estimate the share of household income accruing to children (i.e., the cost of children … application on the French Household Budget Survey. -- Consumer demand ; collective model ; Rothbarth method ; cost of children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931950
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The measurement of child costs : evidence from Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Donni, Olivier; Gbakou, Monnet - 2009
.e., the cost of children) in Ireland. The method also allows us to identify the economies of scale in the household and … ; cost of children ; equivalence scales ; indifference scales …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932408
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The firing cost implications of alternative severance pay designs
Parsons, Donald O. - 2010
Economists have concerns about the firing cost implications of mandated severance plans. Analysis reveals that …) severance insurance plans or (ii) severance savings plans is important; savings plans have no "firing cost" effects on employer … layoff decisions. The firing cost implications of insurance plan are sensitive to the types of job separations that qualify a …
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Wage effects of non-wage labour costs
Cervini-Plá, María; Ramos Morilla, Xavier; Silva, … - 2010
We study short- and long-term wage effects of two important elements of non-wage labour costs: firing costs and payroll taxes. We exploit a reform that introduced substantial reduction in these two provisions for unemployed workers aged less than thirty and over forty five years. Theoretical...
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959209
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Outsourcing cost and tax progression under Nash wage bargaining with flexible outsourcing
Koskela, Erkki - 2010
It is analyzed the impacts of outsourcing cost and wage tax progression under labor market imperfections with Nash wage … bargaining and flexible outsourcing. With sufficiently strong (weak) labor market imperfection, lower outsourcing cost has a wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779917