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Polarizing Corporations : Does Talent Flow to "Good" Firms?
Colonnelli, Emanuele; McQuade, Timothy; Ramos, Gabriel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We conduct a field experiment in partnership with the largest job platform in Brazil to study how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices of firms affect talent allocation. We find both an average job-seeker's preference for ESG and a large degree of heterogeneity across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437044
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Foreign Firms and Local Communities
Blonigen, Bruce - 2011
The literature on the effects of foreign direct investment (FDI) and activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on host-countries has been almost exclusively focused on issues of productivity, growth and wages. We argue that this leaves quite a bit of important unexplored areas of inquiry,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461375
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Responsible Sourcing? Theory and Evidence from Costa Rica
Alfaro-Ureña, Alonso; Faber, Benjamin; Gaubert, Cecile; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Multinational enterprises (MNEs) increasingly impose "Responsible Sourcing" (RS) standards on their suppliers worldwide, including requirements on worker compensation, benefits and working conditions. Are these policies just "hot air" or do they impact exposed suppliers and their workers? What...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013462731
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Schooling, Wealth, Risky Sexual Behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2018
leading cause of adult mortality in the region, HIV/AIDS, and may increase risky sexual behavior. We examine the association …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480615
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Life (evaluation), HIV/AIDS, and Death in Africa
Deaton, Angus - 2009
wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide … report the mortality of an immediate family member in the last twelve months, with malaria typically more important than AIDS …, and deaths of women in childbirth more important than deaths from AIDS in many countries. A life evaluation measure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464012
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Routes of Infection : Exports and HIV Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
Oster, Emily - 2007
I generate new data on HIV incidence and prevalence in Africa based on inference from mortality rates. I use these data to relate economic activity (specifically, exports) to new HIV infections in Africa and argue there is a significant and large positive relationship between the two: a doubling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465029
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Can at Scale Drug Provision Improve the Health of the Targeted in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Lucas, Adrienne M. - 2017
treatment of HIV/AIDS. Many supply- and demand-side factors in sub-Saharan Africa could cause smaller than expected …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455278
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Consumption Externalities and Diffusion in Pharmaceutical Markets : Antiulcer Drugs
Berndt, Ernst R. - 2000
We examine the role of consumption externalities in the demand for pharmaceuticals at both the brand level and over a therapeutic class of drugs. These effects emerge when use of a drug by others affects its value, and/or conveys information abut efficacy and safety to patients and physicians....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470978
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Do Patents Matter? : Empirical Evidence after GATT
Lanjouw, Jean O. - 2000
Since the late 1980s the global intellectual property rights (IPR) system has been strengthening dramatically as much of the developing world introduces patent protection for new drug products. This may lead to more research on drugs to address developing country needs. As there are identifiable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471281
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The Diffusion of Science-Driven Drug Discovery : Organizational Change in Pharmaceutical Research
Cockburn, Iain - 1999
Recent work linking the adoption of key organizational practices to productivity raises an important question: if adoption increases productivity so dramatically, why does adoption across an industry take so long? This paper explores this question in the context of one particularly interesting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471425