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, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique … results of this study suggest that - if the aim is to leverage companies' productivity - emphasis should be put on supporting …-tech sector turns out to have a minor effect. Instead, encouraging investment in fixed assets appears vital for the productivity …
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, measured by labour productivity. To this end, the stochastic frontier technique is applied, basing the analysis on a unique … results of this study suggest that – if the aim is to leverage companies' productivity – emphasis should be put on supporting …-tech sector turns out to have a minor effect. Instead, encouraging investment in fixed assets appears vital for the productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497587
In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267381
We analyse a three-year panel data set of Russian firms spanning from 2000 to 2002 and we investigate the effect of regional institutional and economic factors on entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on a novel database and exploits inter-regional variation in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268605
The strong relationship between various health indicators and education is widely documented. However, the studies that investigate the nature of causality between these variables became available only recently and provide evidence mostly from developed countries. We add to this literature by...
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In this paper, a decomposition method for Tobit-models is derived, which allows the differences in a censored outcome variable between two groups to be decomposed into a part that is explained by differences in observed characteristics and a part attributable to differences in the estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761711
We analyse a three-year panel data set of Russian firms spanning from 2000 to 2002 and we investigate the effect of regional institutional and economic factors on entry rates across time, industries and regions. The paper builds on a novel database and exploits inter-regional variation in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822293
This study measures productivity growth using the Metafrontier Malmquist-Luenberger productivity growth index (MML …-Luenberger (ML) productivity growth index. MML has two advantages compared with the ML index. The former is able to consider … index is employed to measure productivity growth and decompose its components in 14 Korean industrial sectors during the …
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In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China's urban areas absorb migrant workers …
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In this paper, we use Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate how well China’s urban areas absorb migrant workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395443