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Human Resource Policies and Union-Nonunion Productivity Differences
Allen, Steven G. - 2022
Many researchers in both economics departments and business schools recently have become interested in examining how much of an effect human resource decisions and policies have on firm performance. This paper surveys the literature on unionism and productivity and discusses its implications for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014039024
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Formal Employee Training Programs and Their Impact on Labor Produc- Tivity : Evidence from a Human Resources Survey
Bartel, Ann P. - 2021
Although economic models of training decisions are framed in terms of a company's calculation of the costs and benefits of such training, empirical work has never been able to test this model directly on company behavior. This paper utilizes a unique database to analyze the determinants of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013234064
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China and the Tpp : A Numerical Simulation Assessment of the Effects Involved
Li, Chunding - 2012
. Japan's joining TPP would be beneficial to both herself and all other TPP countries, but negative effects on China and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106304
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International Policy Coordination : The Long View
Eichengreen, Barry - 2013
This paper places current efforts at international economic policy coordination in historical perspective. It argues that successful cooperation is most likely in four sets of circumstances. First, when it centers on technical issues. Second, when cooperation is institutionalized - when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091942
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Non-Economic Engagement and International Exchange : The Case of Environmental Treaties
Rose, Andrew Kenan; Spiegel, Mark M. - 2021
We examine the role of non-economic partnerships in promoting international economic exchange. Since far-sighted countries are more willing to join costly international partnerships such as environmental treaties, environmental engagement tends to encourage international lending. Countries with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013238743
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Physical and Human Capital Deepening and New Trade Patterns in Japan
Ito, Keiko; Fukao, Kyoji - 2021
Japan, mainly focusing on the manufacturing sector. In the first half of the paper, we analyze the factor contents of trade … and find that Japan's factor content net-exports of capital and non-production labor grew rapidly while net-exports of … net-exports of production workers was almost entirely caused by Japan's trade with China and Hong Kong. According to our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226586
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The Production of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Human Capital in the Global Economy
Xiang, Chong - 2018
A country's welfare depends on its ability to accumulate cognitive and non-cognitive human capital. In this paper, we model the productions of cognitive and non-cognitive human capital in general equilibrium. We use revealed comparative advantage to infer countries' non-cognitive and cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920898
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The Knowledge Trap : Human Capital and Development Reconsidered
Jones, Benjamin F. - 2014
This paper presents a model where human capital differences - rather than technology differences - can explain several central phenomena in the world economy. The results follow from the educational choices of workers, who decide not just how long to train, but also how broadly. A quot;knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751445
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Networked FDI : Sales and Sourcing Patterns of Japanese Foreign Affiliates
Baldwin, Richard - 2012
This paper applies a novel empirical approach to characterising the horizontal-ness and vertical-ness of affiliates based on Yeaple's complex FDI concept. In its simplest form, horizontal-ness is measured as affiliates' local sales share while their vertical-ness is measures as their share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106310
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On Current Account Surpluses and the Correction of Global Imbalances
Edwards, Sebastian - 2007
realignment of world growth rates -- with Japan and Europe growing faster, and the U.S. growing more slowly -- is likely to solve … a percentage point of GDP. Taken together, these results indicate that a realignment of global growth -- with Japan and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777651