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Netherlands, from firm-specific total factor productivity (TFP) measures. TFP measures are estimated by a semi …We compute aggregate productivity of three categories of regions, classified by level of urbanization in the … over the period 1997-2006. We analyse the productivity differentials across urbanization categories by decomposing them …
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This study analyses empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …
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This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012426234
and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our microeconometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
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and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … level surveys performed by the Statistical Offices. Our microeconometric analysis confirms previous findings of concave age-productivity … the ceteris paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009492405
I study the causal effect of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) on the productivity of German …. This approach allows for an endogenous dynamic productivity process and corrects for simultaneous changes in input use or … productivity after a firm is regulated by the EU ETS. After estimating the firm specific productivity, I employ a difference …
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The manufacturing sector is an important source of productivity growth and exports. Manufacturing firms are generally … known about the productivity performance of the sector and its drivers in South Africa. The recent availability of firm …-level tax administration data has made it possible to measure and analyse the productivity of manufacturing firms in South …
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Increasing energy efficiency is one of the main goals in current German energy and climate policies. We study the determinants of energy efficiency in the German manufacturing sector based on official firm-level production census data. By means of a stochastic frontier analysis, we estimate the...
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age and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from … manufacturing industries in Germany using newly available, unique data. We find concave age-productivity profiles and a negative … paribus lower level of productivity in firms with a higher share of female employees does not go hand in hand with a lower …
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Firm growth is an essential feature of market economies, shaping together macroeconomic performance and the evolution of industry structures. As a potential indicator of organizational "fitness" within a competitive environment, firm growth is also a central concern to both the practice and...
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