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evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …
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This paper studies the impact of process and product innovations introduced by firms on their employment growth. A … model that relates employment growth to process innova- tions and to the growth of sales due to innovative and unchanged …. Results for manufacturing show that, although process innovation tends to displace employment, compensation e ffects are …
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cut investment, employment, and borrowing. We conclude that financial market fluctuations affect even private firms …
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firms to cut investment, employment, and borrowing. We conclude that financial market fluctuations affect even private firms …
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, resulted in lower investment, employment, and bank debt for younger and smaller firms. These effects dominate those of banks … aggregate investment and employment, and to a less efficient resource allocation. …
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This paper examines how foreign-owned and domestically owned firms transform innovation into employment growth. The …-owned firms experience higher job losses than domestically owned firms. At the same time, employment- creating effects of product … innovation are larger for foreignowned firms. Together with employment-stimulating effects stemming from existing products, they …
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, we investigate the employment effects of innovations over the business cycle. Our analysis employs a large data set of …. (2014), our empirical analysis reveals four important findings: First, the net effect of product innovation on employment … demand losses from old products by demand gains of new products to a substantial degree. As a result their net employment …
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The shift of employment from lower to higher productive firms is an important driver for structural change and industry … dynamics. We investigate this reallocation in terms of employment gains and losses from innovation. New employment created by … product innovation may be offset by employment losses in related products, known as 'cannibalisation' or 'business stealing …
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associated with it. In particular, we distinguish between employment, hours and effort per worker, and allow for adjustment costs … associated with employment changes. We assume that the requirement function for effective hours has a general trans …-logarithmic form, and derive an estimable system of Euler equations for inventories and employment with implied cross …
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associated with it. In particular, we distinguish between employment, hours and effort per worker, and allow for adjustment costs … associated with employment changes. We assume that the requirement function for effective hours has a general trans …-logarithmic form, and derive an estimable system of Euler equations for inventories and employment with implied cross …
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