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We construct a general dynamic structural model of two-sided learning between a firm and its workers. We estimate an … American workers). The type of data that we use also generates information on the value of learning and on whether and how the … the increases in the firm?s value from learning about its workers? behavior and to infer the extent of biases in estimated …
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We estimate the causal impact of a 2018 zoning reform that banned new short-term rental registries in some parts of Lisbon. The short-term rental licence expires when the house is sold, hence the ban removes the option value of short-term renting a property. We rely on two administrative data...
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. Most firms revise downward their expectations for sales, orders, employment, and investment, while prices are expected to … the effects on factor demand and sales of the COVID-19 generated shocks. Credit-constrained firms also expect to charge …
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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are known to contribute significantly to aggregate economic growth. However, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature on SME growth by analysing longitudinal...
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-point rise in migrant-to-native ratio increases average firm sales by 4% and the number of registered firms by 5%. While the …
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inherently unobservable sources of heterogeneity – learning ability and workers? inter-temporal preferences (discounting) – both …
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Children's outcomes are strongly correlated with those of their neighbours. The extent to which this is causal is the subject of an extensive literature. An identification problem exists because people with similar characteristics are observed to live in close proximity. Another major difficulty...
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between schoolmates, which in turn decreases the overall achievement. A cooperative learning approach may instead emerge when … International Student Assessment (PISA) survey on students' literacy levels. A competitive learning approach has a positive …
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This paper examines the issue of whether workers learn productive skills from their co-workers, even if those skills are unethical. Specifically, we estimate whether Jose Canseco, one of the best baseball players in the last few decades, affected the performance of his teammates. In his...
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Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in a timely manner. This paper reports on a randomized field experiment involving two strategies designed to improve academic performance among entering full-time undergraduates at a large Canadian university. One...
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