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How to sell jobs
Ferreiray, Daniel; Nikolowa, Radoslawa - 2018
Profit-maximizing firms should fill job positions at the lowest possible cost. Because employees may have preferences over the attributes of their jobs, we can view this problem as one of finding the optimal way to sell job attributes to potential employees. In this paper, we characterize the...
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Public sector efficiency in Europe : long-run trends, recent developments and determinants
Christl, Michael; Köppl-Turyna, Monika; Kucsera, Dénes - 2018
This paper investigates the efficiency of the public sector in a sense of public performance and expenditures. For 23 …, security and infrastructure. We use several efficiency techniques (FDH, order-m) and investigate input- and output …-oriented efficiency of the public sector. We find that countries with small public sectors tend to be more efficient no matter which …
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Local governments' efficiency and educational results : empirical evidence from Italian primary schools
Ferraro, Simona; Agasisti, Tommaso; Porcelli, Francesco; … - 2020
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An ounce of prevention for a pound of cure : basic health care and efficiency in health systems
Bancalari, Antonella; Bernal, Pedro; Celhay, Pablo A.; … - 2024
We examine the efficiency gains in health systems generated after the national roll out of basic healthcare in El …-specialized health workers improves efficiency, maintaining quality of care. …
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Manufacturing in the North West region : a profile of three industries, transport, clothing, textiles
Windsor, Kim; Macklin, Jenny - 1983
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Technical barriers to trade : reducing the impact of conformity assessment measures
Johnson, Christopher - 2008
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Determinants of competitiveness of the Indian auto industry
Narayanan G., Badri (contributor);  … - 2008
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A retrospective look at rescuing and restructuring General Motors and Chrysler
Goolsbee, Austan; Krueger, Alan B. - 2015
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Innovation (and upgrading) in the automobile industry : the case of India
Ray, Saon; Miglani, Smita - 2016
This paper focuses on the automobile industry and examines the nature of global value chains in it with reference to the case of India. The aim is to explore the relation between lead firms, particularly MNCs, and the extent to they have contributed to the development of the Indian automobile...
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India-Pakistan trade : perspectives from the automobile sector in Pakistan
Ahmed, Vaqar; Batool, Samavia - 2015
The auto sector in Pakistan has been a persistent opponent of trade liberalisation in the country. This has entailed losses to consumers in terms of higher prices, low safety and quality standards, and lack of innovation in this sector. The deletion programme, which was to result in...
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