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Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a …, employment, and capital equations largely corroborate the implications of the behavioral models of the two types of enterprise …
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covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital … simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results …
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greatly reduces bias in the most influential and precise estimates: conservatively accounting for capital taxes paid by the …
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that manufacturing firms increase capital and employment, with labor demand in information and communication technology …
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We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology …, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
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Differences in wages, employment, and capital between worker-owned and capitalist enterprises are computed from a …, employment, and capital equations largely corroborate the implications of the behavioral models of the two types of enterprise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233888
covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital … simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765234
The focus of this chapter is to consider new developments in the search and matching literature where wages, quit turnover and unemployment are endogenously determined in economies with aggregate shocks. The aim of the discussion is not only to highlight possible market failures but also to...
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U.S. CPS gross flows data indicate that in recessions firms actually increase their hiring rates from the pools of the unemployed and out of the labor force. Why so? The paper provides an explanation by studying the optimal recruiting behavior of the representative firm. This behavior is a...
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This study explores the hypothesis that high home-ownership damages the labor market. We show that rises in the home-ownership rate in a U.S. state are a precursor to eventual sharp rises in unemployment in that state. The elasticity exceeds unity: a doubling of the rate of home-ownership in a...
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