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larger productivity gains from trade liberalization than previously thought. -- Technology diffusion ; R&D ; openness ; North-South …
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performance, and total factor productivity. Second, we investigate whether and how such effects are transmitted to the workers, in …
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international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are …
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Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country cultural differences - such as common language, ethnicity, genetic traits or religion - implicitly assume that cultural proximity between two countries is constant over time and...
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We explore network effects on generosity for different network dimensions. To this end we elicit multiple network dimensions (friendship, social support, economic exchange, etc.) in a rural village in the Southern hemisphere and measure generosity with a sequence of dictator games conducted in...
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We use a unique regulatory event that occurred in Queensland, Australia, from 2007- 2012, to examine the predictive power of landowner relationship networks and lobbying behaviour on successfully gaining value-enhancing rezoning. A State authority, the Urban Land Development Authority (ULDA),...
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Social network analysis can help us understand more about the root causes of delinquent behavior and crime and provide practical guidance for the design of crime prevention policies. To illustrate these points, we first present a selective review of several key studies and findings from the...
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Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...
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Labour productivity stagnated in the UK in the years between the financial crisis and the emergence of Covid-19. At the … same time labour supply and employment grew strongly, driven primarily by net inward migration. While labour productivity … that around one-fifth, or 4pp, of the 25 log point fall in productivity from its previous trend can be explained by …
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The aim of this paper is to analyse the possible trade-off between employment and productivity using panel data on … world economies, developed and developing. We begin with the importance of productivity growth for developing countries …, followed by a brief discussion of the concept of productivity and how it is measured. We discuss the concept of "decent work …
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