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Human Capital and Innovation : The Persistent Effects of Civil Examination System on Innovation and Firm Dynamics in China
Shi, Xiangyu - 2022
In this paper, I examine the effects of China's civil examination system (keju) on modern-day innovation and firm … ingredients (pine and bamboo) as the instrumental variable, I find that keju significantly facilitates innovation and firm entry … important factor for innovation and firms' success. Moreover, suggestive evidence supports that keju does not reduce people …
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Do Firms Respond to Immigration?
Olney, William W. - 2009
Research generally focuses on how immigration affects native workers, while the impact of immigration on domestic firms is often overlooked. This paper addresses this important omission by examining whether firms respond to immigration by adjusting the location of their production activities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718454
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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023
We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014384341
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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023
We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014339327
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Low-wage jobs, foreign-born workers, and firm performance
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2023
We examine how migrant workers impact firm performance using administrative data from the United States. Exploiting an unexpected change in firms' likelihood of securing low-wage workers through the H-2B visa program, we find limited crowd-out of other forms of employment and no impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014511579
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Multi-product exporters and product turnover behaviour of New Zealand exporters
Adalet, Muge - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003852005
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Exporting and performance : market entry, expansion and destination characteristics
Fabling, Richard; Sanderson, Lynda - 2010
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Immigration and Business Dynamics : Evidence from U.S. Firms
Mahajan, Parag - 2022
Prior literature on the economic impact of immigration has largely ignored changes to the composition of labor demand. In contrast, this paper uses a comprehensive collection of survey and administrative data to show that heterogeneous establishment entry and exit drive immigrant-induced job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014079141
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Immigration and business dynamics : evidence from U.S. firms
Mahajan, Parag - 2022
Prior literature on the economic impact of immigration has largely ignored changes to the composition of labor demand. In contrast, this paper uses a comprehensive collection of survey and administrative data to show that heterogeneous establishment entry and exit drive immigrant-induced job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332159
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Firms left behind : emigration and firm productivity
Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2017
This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...
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