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Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Blundell, Richard W.; … - 2023

We use matched employee-employer data from the UK to highlight the importance of social skills, including the ability to work well in a team and communicate effectively with co-workers, as a driver for individual wage growth for workers with few formal educational qualifications. We show that...

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Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers

Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Blundell, Richard W.; … - 2024

Matched employee-employer data from the UK are used to investigate the importance of social skills, in particular team-work and communication with co-workers, as a driver of wage growth for workers with lower formal education. We find that in social skills tasks, workers enjoy greater wage...

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Minimum wage reform and firms' performance - evidence from North Macedonia

Jovanovic, Biljana; Naumovski, Nikola - 2021

consequently, firms' profitability and performance. This research paper aims to investigate the economic impact of minimum wage … increase on firms' average wages, number of employees, profitability and productivity in the case of North Macedonia. The … the increase in minimum wages didn't affect firms' profitability significantly and this result is robust to the changes in …

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FDI spillover effects on innovation activities of knowledge-using and knowledge-creating firms : evidence from an emerging economy

Vujanović, Nina; Hoshi, Iraj; Hisarciklilar, Mehtap; … - 2022

The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely on knowledge generation, their emerging...

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The evolution of owner-entrepreneurs' taxation : five tax regimes over a 160-year period

Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael; … - 2022

The institutional literature suggests that long-term tax incentives are crucial for entrepreneurs, but studies on this topic are hampered by theoretical and empirical problems related to how to define and measure entrepreneurial income. We resolve these problems by drawing on a theoretical...

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Minimum wage, business dynamism, and the life cycle of firms

Luduvice, André Victor Doherty; Martínez, Tomás R.; … - 2024

This paper studies the effects of the minimum wage on the life cycle of firms. We first build a tractable model where heterogeneous firms have labor market power, invest in innovation, and choose formal or informal sectors. The model predicts that a minimum wage hike not only shrinks young and...

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How do investment promotion policies affect sustainability?

Carballo, Jerónimo; Marra de Artiñano, Ignacio; … - 2023 - This version: December 2023

Sustainability has become an imperative. Understanding the effects of countries' policies thereon has therefore acquired vital importance. This is particularly the case with ubiquitous policies such as investment promotion. In this paper, we address this timely policy question from an...

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Advanced digital technologies and firm-level employment outcomes

Abrardi, Laura; Cambini, Carlo; Grinza, Elena; … - 2024

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Going into business and out of business : the role of human capital

Bhattacharjee, Arnab; Bonnet, Jean; Le Pape, Nicolas; … - 2016

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CSR and firm survival : evidence from the climate and pandemic crises

Chemmanur, Thomas J.; Gounopoulos, Dimitrios; … - 2022

We analyse the relationship between the extent of a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) and its long-term survival probability. We conjecture that a better CSR rating is associated with a lower probability of corporate failure and a longer survival period. Consistent with this, we...

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