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SME policy and firms' productivity in Latin America
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo - 2009
American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271309
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SME Policy and Firms’ Productivity in Latin America
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
American and Caribbean countries to analyze the magnitude and determinants of the productivity gap between large and SME firms … and to simulate of the impact on productivity of various policy scenarios. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578127
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274178
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Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and the Latin American Growth Puzzle
Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469714
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Employment Protection Legislation and Job Reallocation across Sectors, Firms and Workers: A Survey
Cahuc, Pierre; Palladino, Marco G. - 2024
identified in the structural literature through which EPL-induced job reallocation affects productivity, innovation, and overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014534002
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Unemployment invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265548
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Education and Growth with Learning by Doing
Marconi, Gabriele; de Grip, Andries - 2015
increase productivity. One important implication of the model is that the enrolment rate to education has a negative effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288208
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The role of sectoral growth patterns in labor market development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289844
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Unemployment Invariance
Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
labor market ensures that the long-run unemployment rate is independent of the size of the capital stock, productivity, and … productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822664
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The Role of Sectoral Growth Patterns in Labor Market Development
Arias-Vazquez, Francisco Javier; Lee, Jean Nahrae; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between sectoral growth patterns and employment outcomes. A broad cross-country analysis reveals that in middle-income countries, employment responds more to growth in less productive and more labor-intensive sectors. Employment in middle-income countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010585691