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Does cultural diversity help innovation in cities: evidence from London firms

Lee, Neil; Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

London is one of the world’s major cities, and one of its most diverse. London’s cultural diversity is widely seen as a social asset, but there is little hard evidence on its importance for the city’s businesses. Theory and evidence suggest various links between urban cultural diversity...

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Self-selection and the performance of return migrants: the source country perspective

De Coulon, Augustin; Piracha, Matloob - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

In this paper, using the framework of a Roy theoretical model, we examine the performance of return migrants in Albania. We ask two main questions: (i) Had they chosen not to migrate, what would be the performance of return migrants compared to the non-migrants? and (ii) What would be the...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by Fielding (1989). It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

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Ambition, human capital acquisition and the metropolitan escalator

Gordon, Ian R. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper examines the relation between ambition, as a form of dynamic human capital, and the escalator role of high-order metropolitan regions, as originally identified by A. J. Fielding. It argues that occupational progression in such places particularly depends on concentrations both of...

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Agglomeration in the periphery

Sarvimäki, Matti - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

i. This discussion paper is a completely revised version of SERCDP0047, published April 2010. This paper argues that agglomeration externalities are important even in the rural periphery. The analysis focuses on the forced relocation of more than a tenth of the Finnish population after World War...

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Cultural diversity, cities and innovation: firm effects or city effects?

Lee, Neil - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Growing cultural diversity is seen as important for innovation. Research has focused on two potential mechanisms: a firm effect, with diversity at the firm level improving knowledge sourcing or ideas generation, and a city effect, where diverse cities helping firms innovate. This paper uses a...

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Conflict-induced displacement and labour market outcomes: evidence from post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kondylis, Florence - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

This study uses a longitudinal data source to study the effects of conflict-induced displacement on labour market outcomes for Bosnians in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina. To account for endogeneity in the displacement status, I exploit the fact that the level of violence in the pre-war...

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The economic situation of first- and second-generation immigrants in France, Germany and the United Kingdom

Algan, Yann; Dustmann, Christian; Glitz, Albrecht; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …

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Productivity growth and employment: theory and panel estimates

Pissarides, Christopher; Vallanti, Giovanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004

Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new … technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate a model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United … States, Japan and Europe and find that TFP growth increases employment. For the United States TFP growth explains the trend …

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Employment outcomes in the welfare state

Ngai, L. Rachel; Pissarides, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

We examine the implications of tax and subsidy policies for employment in the “three worlds of welfare”, Anglo …-Saxon, Continental European and Scandinavian. We argue that home production is key to a proper evaluation of the employment outcomes …. Anglo-Saxon lowsupport policies encourage more overall market employment. Continental transfer policies encourage more home …

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