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Hübler, Olaf - 2010

Based on a sample of 467 asset managers from four countries we robustly find that women manage smaller funds than men, despite tough competition in this industry. Interestingly, the gender gap exists only for managers of smaller funds, i.e. at the lower end of the hierarchy, as quantile...

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The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment : A Comparison between the EU and the US

Castellani, Davide - 2016

Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...

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The Causal Effects of an Industrial Policy

Criscuolo, Chiara - 2012

positive program treatment effect on employment, investment and net entry but not on TFP. OLS underestimates program effects …,300 suggesting that in some respects investment subsidies can be cost effective …

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Public Support for Innovation, Intangible Investment and Productivity Growth in the UK Market Sector

Haskel, Jonathan - 2013

of market sector spillovers from intangible investment and from public R&D. We find (a) no evidence of spillover effects … from intangible investment at the market sector level, including from R&D, (b) strong evidence of market sector spillovers …

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Productivity Gains from R&D Investment : Are High-Tech Sectors Still Ahead?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel - 2011

investment in knowledge, and its productivity, looking at sectoral peculiarities which may emerge; to this end, we use a large …

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Migration, International Trade and Capital Formation : Cause or Effect?

Felbermayr, Gabriel J. - 2012

In this paper, we provide an overview of the relationship between international migration and international trade as well as capital movements. After taking a brief historical perspective, we first investigate migration flows between two countries in a static, neoclassical context. We allow for...

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Aggregate Savings and External Imbalances in China

Yang, Dennis Tao - 2012

distortions. I document major trends in aggregate savings, investment, trade, and net foreign asset positions in China, and …

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Constrained Firms, Not Subsistence Activities : Evidence on Capital Returns and Accumulation in Peruvian Microenterprises

Göbel, Kristin - 2012

We investigate the returns to capital and capital accumulation using panel data of Peruvian micro enterprises (MEs). Marginal returns to capital are found to be very high at low levels of capital, but rapidly decreasing at higher levels. The dynamic analyses of capital accumulation in MEs...

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Frictions and the Joint Behavior of Hiring and Investment

Yashiv, Eran - 2012

The decisions of firms on investment and hiring play a crucial role in business cycle fluctuations. This paper explores … investment costs. It is significant and negatively signed, implying complementarity between investment and hiring. There is a … the investment part of the model is poor if hiring is left out completely or is introduced without the interaction between …

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Changes in China's Wage Structure

Ge, Suqin - 2012

Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure during a period of rapid economic growth. Between 1992 and 2007, the average real wage increased by 202 percent, accompanied by a sharp rise in wage inequality. Decomposition...

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