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We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity...
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inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters' performance in Italy …
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directions since then: Italy privatized its publicly-owned banks while Germany has maintained a large share of state …
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European countries: Belgium and Italy. We focus on the post-World War II period, taking as the main message of Keynesian …. The study shows that Belgium and Italy were two countries were Keynesian economics gained ground only relatively late. The … countries was the strong position of fundamentalist Keynesianism in the academic world in Italy, while in Belgium …
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chapter explores how Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, in terms of the strengths and vulnerabilities of their labour market …
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Data from the European Working Conditions Surveys from 2005, 2010, and 2015 for 29 European countries show that the prevalence of nonstandard work schedules (evenings, nights, weekends, and rotating shifts) differs markedly across European regions with different public policies. Working...
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The study aims at describing productivity growth in the manufacturing sector for a selected panel of five European countries using firm-level data. The paper explores the empirical regularities of firm productivity distribution across countries. In particular, we assess the degree of persistence...
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We present a model where the interaction between competition at school, industrial structure and labour market outcomes is characterised by the concept of Nash decentralised equilibrium. We show that the presence of spillovers and strategic complementarities could generate multiple equilibria....
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact the EU Single Market Program has exerted on market power and total factor productivity in a large sample of Italian firms. By splitting the full sample on the basis of the ex-ante likelihood of being affected by the removal of non-tariff...
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entrepreneurs and rural businesses in a mountainous area of central Italy. The paper focuses on the correlation between …
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