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Chapter 65 Microeconometric Models of Investment and Employment
Bond, Stephen; Van Reenen, John - In: Handbook of econometrics : volume 6A, (pp. 4417-4498). 2007
We survey recent microeconometric research on investment and employment that has used panel data on individual firms or … theory of the demand for capital and labour, on which most of the econometric models of investment and employment that we … topics that have been the focus of recent microeconometric research on investment and employment. In particular, we review …
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Technology and Changes in Skill Structure: Evidence from an International Panel of Industries
Machin, Steve; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis of changes in wage bill shares and employment shares of more …
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Trade induced technical change? The impact of Chinese imports on innovation, IT and productivity
Bloom, Nicholas; Draca, Mirko; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
to increases in R&D, patenting, IT and TFP within firms; and second it reallocated employment between firms towards more … in employment, profits, prices and the skill share. By contrast, import competition from developed countries had no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854502
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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? : An econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs
Chennells, Lucy; Van Reenen, John - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001432886
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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? : an econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs
Chennells, Lucy; Van Reenen, John - 1999
computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537983
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Getting the unemployed back to work : the role of targeted wage subsidies
Bell, Brian; Blundell, Richard W.; Van Reenen, John - 1999
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001366175
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Getting the unemployed back to work : the role of targeted wage subsidies
Bell, Brian; Blundell, Richard W.; Van Reenen, John - 1999
This paper examines alternative approaches to wage subsidy programmes. It does this in the context of a recent active labour market reform for the young unemployed in Britain. This "New Deal" reform and the characteristics of the target group are examined in detail. We discuss theoretical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538460
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Measuring and Explaining Management PracticesAcross Firms and Countries
Bloom, Nick; Van Reenen, John - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2005
We use an innovative survey tool to collect management practice data from 732 medium sizedmanufacturing firms in the US, France, Germany and the UK. These measures of managerialpractice are strongly associated with productivity, profitability, Tobin’s Q, sales growth and survivalrates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005866328
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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Lelarge, Claire; Van … - Institut für Schweizerisches Bankwesen <Zürich> - 2007
This paper analyzes the relationship between the diffusion of new technologies and the decentralization of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly available information. Decentralized control, on the other hand, delegates authority to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005857786
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The Distinct Effects of Information Technology and Communication Technology on Firm Organization
Bloom, Nick; Garicano, Luis; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the“information” and “communication” components together. We show theoretically and empirically thatthese have very different effects on the empowerment of employees, and by extension on wageinequality....
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