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The Aftermath of Reunification : Sectoral Transition, Gender, and Rising Wage Inequality in East Germany
Kohn, Karsten - 2011
dispersion. These gender differences result from employment segregation across industries right after German reunification, and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124783
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The Great Chinese Inequality Turnaround
Kanbur, Ravi - 2017
This paper argues that after a quarter century of sharp and sustained increase, Chinese inequality is now plateauing and even turning down. The argument is made using a range of data sources and a range of measures and perspectives on inequality. The evolution of inequality is further examined...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012960254
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Job Creation, Small vs. Large vs. Young, and the SBA
Brown, J. David - 2015
Analyzing a list of all Small Business Administration (SBA) loans in 1991 to 2009 linked with annual information on all U.S. employers from 1976 to 2012, we apply detailed matching and regression methods to estimate the variation in SBA loan effects on job creation and firm survival across firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013012022
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Measuring Small Business Dynamics and Employment with Private-Sector Real-Time Data
Kurmann, Andre; Lalé, Etienne; Ta, Lien - 2022
and employment in real-time. Yet questions remain about the representativeness of these datasets and how to distinguish … real-time estimates of small business dynamics and employment during the pandemic are remarkably representative and closely … and openings from sample churn is critical for these results. We also find that while employment by small businesses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014077681
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Does Corporate Governance Reform Necessarily Boost Firm Performance? Recent Evidence from Russia
Kuznecovs, Mihails - 2012
This paper examines whether the introduction of corporate governance (CG) reforms in general and that of transparency and disclosure (T&D) rules in particular can necessarily boost firm performance. Existing literature suggests that CG reforms can boost performance because it can resolve the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106948
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When Does FDI Have Positive Spillovers? Evidence from 17 Transition Market Economies
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2013
We use rich firm-level data and national input-output tables from 17 countries over the 2002-2005 period to test new and existing hypotheses about the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the efficiency of domestic firms in the host country (i.e., spillovers). We document that backward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071295
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SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America
Ibarraran, Pablo - 2009
Very little is known about the effectiveness of SME policies, and a careful look at the structure, mechanisms and … American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155323
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Small Business Owners : The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2020
Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 are expected to shutter many small businesses and entrepreneurial ventures, but there is very little early evidence on impacts. This paper provides the first analysis of impacts of the pandemic on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822844
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What Role Did Management Practices Play in SME Growth Post-Recession?
Bryson, Alex - 2016
on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK …, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … and employees who were surveyed as part of the 2011 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS).We find off …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986766
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The Impact of Management Practices on SME Performance
Forth, John - 2018
We examine the impact of management practices on firm performance among SMEs in Britain over the period 2011-2014, using a unique dataset which links survey data on management practices with firm performance data from the UK's official business register. We find that SMEs are less likely to use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923226