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Innovation and Employment in Patenting Firms : Empirical Evidence from Europe
Van Roy, Vincent - 2015
This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … almost 20,000 patenting firms from Europe over the period 2003-2012. The main outcome from the proposed GMM-SYS estimations … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016346
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Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2011
Using firm-level data for a sample of European countries, we focus on the effects that product-market regulations have on firm-level TFP growth. We proxy regulatory burdens using the OECD indicators of sectoral non-manufacturing regulations. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129907
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Welfare, Labor Supply and Heterogeneous Preferences : Evidence for Europe and the US
Bargain, Olivier - 2011
Following the report of the Stiglitz Commission, measuring and comparing well-being across countries has gained renewed interest. Yet, analyses that go beyond income and incorporate non-market dimensions of welfare most often rely on the assumption of identical preferences to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118277
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Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages?
Schneeweis, Nicole E. - 2012
of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013098466
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Compulsory Schooling Reforms, Education and Mortality in Twentieth Century Europe
Gathmann, Christina - 2012
mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory schooling reforms implemented in Europe during the twentieth century, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108908
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The Effect of Migration and Spatial Connectivity on Regional Skill Endowments Across Europe : 1988-2010
Tani, Massimiliano - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of labour migration and openness to trade on regional skill endowments across the European Union at a time of increased economic integration. Using regional data from Eurostat's Regio database and the open web source Openflight for the period 1998-2010 we test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084161
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Laterborns Don't Give Up : The Effects of Birth Order on Earnings in Europe
Bertoni, Marco - 2013
While it is well known that birth order affects educational attainment, less is known about its effects on earnings. Using data from eleven European countries for males born between 1935 and 1956, we show that firstborns enjoy on average a 13.7 percent premium over laterborns in their wage at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073856
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Analysing the Effects of Tax-Benefit Reforms on Income Distribution : A Decomposition Approach
Bargain, Olivier - 2007
To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three contributions: reforms of the tax-benefit structure (rules, rates, etc.),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775691
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Long-Term Changes in Married Couples' Labor Supply and Taxes : Evidence from the US and Europe Since the 1980s
Bick, Alexander - 2018
We document the time-series of employment rates and hours worked per employed by married couples in the US and seven European countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, and the UK) from the early 1980s through 2016. Relying on a model of joint household labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910734
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Does Employment Protection Help Immigrants? Evidence from European Labor Markets
Sá, Filipa - 2010
High levels of employment protection reduce hiring and firing and have a theoretically ambiguous effect on the employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less likely to claim their rights, which may create a gap between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759354