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Why Do Rural Firms Live Longer?
Li, Yu; Orazem, Peter F.; Jolly, Robert William - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009
salvage value of rural firms suggests that firms sorting into ruralmarkets must have a higher probability of success in order …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360763
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Firing Cost and Firm Size: A Study of Sri Lanka’sSeverance Pay System
Abidoye, Babatunde; Orazem, Peter F.; Vodopivec, Milan - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2008
Sri Lanka's Termination of Employment of Workmen Act (TEWA) requires that firms with 15or more employees justify layoffs and provide generous severance pay to displaced workers,with smaller firms being exempted. Athough formally subject to TEWA, firms in ExportProcessing Zones (EPZs) may have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360798
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The Role of Mathematical and Verbal Skills on the Returns to Graduateand Professional Education
Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter F.; Wohlgemuth, Darin - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2007
the sorting effect raises estimated annualized returns to a Master’s or doctoraldegree from about 5% to 7.3% and 12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360816
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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition: TheoryAppendix
Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh Kumar; Kuku, Yemisi - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2006
Across nine transition economies, it is the young, educated, English-speaking workers with the best access to local telecommunications infrastructures that work with computers. These workers earn about 25% more than do workers of comparable observable skills who do not use computers. Controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360844
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Returns to Graduate and Professional Education: TheRoles of Mathematical and Verbal Skills by Major
Song, Moohoun; Orazem, Peter F. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2005
in majors with higher average verbal GRE scores are more likely to attendgraduate school. This sorting effect means that … sorting effect raises estimated annualized returns to a Master’s or doctoraldegree from about 5% to 7.3% and 12 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360880
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Computer Adoption and Returns in Transition
Kuku, Yemisi; Orazem, Peter F.; Singh, Rajesh Kumar - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2004
Across nine transition economies, it is the young, educated, English-speaking workers with thebest access to local telecommunications infrastructures that work with computers. Theseworkers earn about 25% more than do workers of comparable observable skills who do not usecomputers. Controlling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360910