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Brexit had no measurable effect on Irish exporters
Elsner, Benjamin; Flaherty, Eoin T.; Haller, Stefanie - 2024 - This version: August 15, 2024
We study the impact of the Brexit referendum on Irish exporters to the UK. The referendum triggered a sharp devaluation of the British pound vis-a-vis the euro and led to considerable uncertainty about future trade relations between the UK and the EU. Using administrative data on the universe of...
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The economic implications of training for firm performance
Martins, Pedro S. - 2022
This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of training can be recouped in short periods of time. These...
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Economic effects of overtime premium flexibility : firm- and worker-level evidence from a law reform
Martins, Pedro S. - 2017
firms using overtime in 2011 did reduce their overtime premiums consistently with the reform, in particular firms making … and sales following the reform. Our results also highlight the important but not exclusive role of legal restrictions on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118993
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Trapped in inactivity? : the Austrian social assistance reform in 2019 and its impact on labour supply
Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia - 2020
analyses the impact of the Austrian reform proposal 'Neue Sozialhilfe' ("New Social Assistance"), which was introduced in 2019 … supply elasticities in our estimates, the overall effects of the reform are especially strong for men and migrants. Couples … with children and migrants, i.e. the groups which were hit the hardest by the reform’s social assistance reductions, show …
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Hypothetical tax-benefit reforms in Hungary : shifting from tax relief to cash transfers for family support
Christl, Michael; Agúndez García, Ana - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014317163
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Hypothetical tax-benefit reforms in Hungary : shifting from tax relief to cash transfers for family support
Agúndez García, Ana; Christl, Michael - 2023
This paper evaluates two hypothetical budget-neutral reforms that shift resources from family tax expenditures to family cash transfers. We evaluate these reforms using a structural labor supply model based on the microsimulation EUROMOD model and EUSILC data. We find that both reforms have an...
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The euro, the Gold Standard, and German power : a cautionary tale and the lessons of history
Crawford, Beverly; Rezai, Armon - 2017
Pundits around the world have criticized Germany for either trying to reshape Europe in its image or acting in its own self-interest. Germany has been accused of creating a new "empire," of pursuing a new Sonderweg, of "going global alone," of evasiveness, self-imposed isolation, and bullying....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012501528
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Organisational determinants of training
Russo, Giovanni - 2022
Organisations centring their operations around human resources, in which skills are instrumental to the attainment of organisational goals, should create a climate to incentivise performance: the returns on any training depend on employee performance. To elicit such performance, organisations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013199348
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Carbon emissions and the cost of debt financing : what role for policy commitment, firm disclosure and corporate governance?
Palea, Vera; Drogo, Federico - 2020 - This version 6 February 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012386925
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Venture capital and growth of young high-tech firms in the EU : a systematic review of the empirical evidence
Pantea, Smaranda; Tkacik, Marcel - 2021
This study contributes to the debate on VC-related policies that aim to support the growth of young high-tech firms in the EU. The study provides a systematic review of the results of 22 firm-level studies that estimate causal effects of VC using counterfactual impact evaluation methods and data...
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