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Globalised Labour Markets? International Rent Sharing Across 47 Countries
Martins, Pedro S. - 2010
We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labour markets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000 multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries. We find considerable...
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Domestic Multinationals, Foreign Affiliates, and Labour Demand Elasticities
Godart, Olivier - 2012
Using information on a panel of multinational firms operating in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2005, we find that labour demand in domestic multinationals is less sensitive to labour cost changes than in foreign multinationals. This difference in the wage elasticity of labour demand persists...
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Employment Effects of Privatisation and Foreign Acquisition of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
Gong, Yundan; Görg, Holger; Maioli, Sara - 2021
(SOEs) on employment growth, using firm level data for China and a combination of propensity score matching and difference …
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Firm-Level Heterogeneity and the Decision to Export : A Real Option Approach
Naudé, Wim - 2013
In "new" new international trade theory, whether firms export or not are determined by their productivity. These models assume that firms enter a market to find their productivity levels revealed to them as in a lottery. In this paper we propose an alternative way to model whether firms export...
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Health Status, Disability and Retirement Incentives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain - 2013
Many Belgian retire well before the statutory retirement age. Numerous exit routes from the labor force can be identified: old-age pensions, conventional early retirement, disability insurance, and unemployment insurance are the most prominent ones. We analyze the retirement decision of Belgian...
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Tenure Profiles and Efficient Separation in a Stochastic Productivity Model
Buhai, Sebastian - 2006
This paper provides a new way of analyzing tenure profiles in wages, by modelling simultaneously the evolution of wages and the distribution of tenures. We develop a theoretical model based on efficient bargaining, where both log outside wage and log wage in the current job follow a random walk,...
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Breakthroughs, Backlashes and Artificial General Intelligence : An Extended Real Options Approach
Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2022
Breakthroughs and backlashes have marked progress in the development and diffusion of Artificial Intelligence (AI). These shocks make the investment in developing an Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) subject to considerable uncertainty. This paper applies a real options model, extended to...
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China's Latent Human Capital Investment : Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top
Constant, Amelie F. - 2011
In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …
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What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?
Bryson, Alex - 2016
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...
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Competitive Strategy, Performance Appraisal and Firm Results
Bayo Moriones, José Alberto - 2016
In this study, we address the relationship between performance appraisal and competitive strategy, as well as the impact of this relationship on firm performance. The results indicate that the adoption of developmental performance appraisal and the use of administrative performance appraisal are...
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