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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2012
This paper constructs and quantitatively assesses an equilibrium search model with on-the- job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers differ in their innate abilities and firms in their productivities. Wages are dispersed because of search frictions and workers'...
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Firm location determinants : empirical evidence for France
Rocha, Nadia - 2008
non-exporting firms. Our results show that agglomeration economies at zip-code level strongly effect the location decision … of industrial establishments and find the presence of agglomeration shadows, one of the core predictions of the standard … New Economic Geography formulations. -- Firm Location ; Agglomeration Economies ; Agglomeration Shadows …
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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2012
; turnover …
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Job search, human capital and wage inequality
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos - 2012
; turnover …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009659316
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Knowledge, location, and internationalization : empirical evidence for manufacturing SMEs
Lejpras, Anna - 2012
This paper investigates the links between locational conditions, innovative capabilities and internationalization of manufacturing SMEs. Two modes of foreign market servicing are explored: exporting activity and relocating of selected business activities abroad. The empirical analysis employs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579357
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The cost of job loss
Burdett, Kenneth; Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Coles, … - 2015
firm specific compensation, interruptions to workers' on-the-job search and due to turnover heterogeneity. A key feature is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530652
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The impact of employment protection on the industrial wage structure
Heywood, John S.; O'Mahony, Mary; Siebert, William S.; … - 2018
This paper tests whether the job security offered by stricter employment protection legislation (EPL) undermines positive compensating wage differentials that would otherwise be paid. Specifically, we ask whether industries with relatively more need for layoffs and labour flexibility have lower...
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Flexibility vs. rigidity : does Spain have the worst of both worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520500
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Immigration and innovation
Maré, David Christopher; Fabling, Richard; Stillman, Steven - 2011
We combine firm-level innovation data with area-level Census data to examine the relationship between local workforce characteristics, especially the presence of immigrants and local skills, and the likelihood of innovation by firms. We examine a range of innovation outcomes, and test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305530
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Tax policy, location choices, and market structure
Pfann, Gerard A.; Kranenburg, Hans L. van - 2002
A structural model of entry and fiscal policy is presented. It shows that taxation of variable production costs can increase product prices, lower competition, and reduce the availability of new products in small markets. The model's test is based on a unique nationwide fiscal experiment. We...
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