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Foreign Acquisitions, Domestic Multinationals, and R&D
Bandick, Roger - 2010
manufacturing sector and different micro-econometric estimation strategies in order to control for the potential endogeneity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136703
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Foreign Ownership, Employment and Wages in Brazil : Evidence from Acquisitions, Divestments and Job Movers
Martins, Pedro S. - 2008
the joint estimation of firm and worker fixed effects. We find that changes in ownership do not tend to affect wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012771629
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Foreign Acquisition, Plant Survival, and Employment Growth
Bandick, Roger - 2009
non-MNEs, and purely domestic firms before foreign takeover. The results, controlling for possible endogeneity of the … horizontal or vertical. We also find robust positive employment growth effects only for exporters, and only if the takeover is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158617
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Aggregation in Large Dynamic Panels
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
Carlo experiments, where we also study the estimation of the aggregate effects of micro and macro shocks. The paper … concludes with an empirical application to consumer price inflation in Germany, France and Italy, and re-examines the extent to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129942
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Sectoral Shifts, Diversification and Regional Unemployment : Evidence from Local Labour Systems in Italy
Basile, Roberto - 2011
specialization patterns on regional unemployment in Italy over the years 2004-2008, when huge worker reallocation caused by changes … in the international division of labour occurred. Italy represents an interesting case study because of the high degree …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117192
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On Intergenerational Transmission of Reading Habits in Italy : Is a Good Example the Best Sermon?
Mancini, Anna Laura - 2011
fundamental approaches to estimation: a "long run" model, consisting of OLS intergenerational type regressions for the reading …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013119025
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Is There a Southern-Sclerosis? Worker Reallocation and Regional Unemployment in Italy
Mussida, Chiara - 2012
and the extent of workers reallocation. This paper aims to test different theoretical hypotheses in the case of Italy by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098470
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Temporary Employment, Job Flows and Productivity : A Tale of Two Reforms
Cappellari, Lorenzo - 2012
We investigate the effects of two reforms of temporary employment using panel data on Italian firms. We exploit variation in their implementation across regions and sectors for identification. Our results show that the reform of apprenticeship contracts increased job turnover and induced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106655
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Exports and Wages : Rent Sharing, Workforce Composition or Returns to Skills?
Macis, Mario - 2012
We use linked employer-employee data from Italy to explore the relationship between exports and wages. Our empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107703
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Absenteeism, Unemployment and Employment Protection Legislation : Evidence from Italy
Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2013
Efficiency wages theories argue that the threat of firing, coupled with a high unemployment rate, is a mechanism that discourages employee shirking in asymmetric information contexts. Our empirical analysis aims to verify the role of unemployment as a worker discipline device, considering the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089002