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An integrated analysis of the impact of gender diversity on innovation and productivity in manufacturing firms : prepared for the institutions for development sector
Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez Urdaneta, Luis H. - 2018
located. The main results indicate that firms with a larger share of women in the knowledge creation and innovation process …This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882005
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A classical model of education, growth and distribution
Dutt, Amitava Krishna; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017
We develop a classical macroeconomic model to examine the growth and distributional consequences of education. Contrary to the received wisdom, we show that human capital accumulation is not necessarily growth-inducing and inequality-reducing. Expansive education policies may foster growth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596523
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Education and "human capitalists" in a classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution
Dutt, Amitava Krishna; Veneziani, Roberto - 2017
A simple classical-Marxian model of growth and distribution is developed in which education transforms low-skilled workers into high-skilled ones and in which high-skilled workers save and hold capital, therefore receiving both high-skilled wages and profit income. We analyze the implications...
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The role of codified sources of knowledge in innovation : empirical evidence from Dutch manufacturing
Brusoni, Stefano; Marsili, Orietta; Salter, Ammon - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 15 (2005) 2, pp. 211-231
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Knowledge of growth and the growth of knowledge
Metcalfe, John S. - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 12 (2002) 1/2, pp. 3-15
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The cost of competitiveness of manufacturing in China and India : an industry and regional perspective
Ark, Bart van (contributor) - 2008
This paper focuses on comparisons of productivity, (unit) labor cost and industrylevel competitiveness for the manufacturing sector of China and India. We first provide a comparison between India and China using a broad international perspective. We find that China has increased its labor...
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The employment potential of labor intensive industries on India's organized manufacturing
Das, Deb Kusum; Wadhwa, Deepika; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863443
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Do labor intensive industries generate employment? : evidence from firm level survey in India
Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India’s organized manufacturing in order to understand the constraints on employment generation in the labour intensive sectors. Using primary survey data covering 252 labour intensive manufacturing-exporting firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863447
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Fixed or open-ended? : labor contracts and productivity in the Colombian manufacturing sector
Castellani, Francesca; Lotti, Giulia; Obando, Nathalie - 2017
Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that temporary workers contribute to firms’ labor productivity to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784938
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Firm growth and R&D : evidence from the Portuguese manufacturing industry
Oliveira, Blandina; Fortunato, Adelino - In: Journal of evolutionary economics : JEE 27 (2017) 3, pp. 613-627
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