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We develop a model in which competition in the labor market may produce worker-firm matches that are inferior to those obtained in the absence of competition. This result contrasts with the conventional wisdom that competition among employers allocates scarce talent efficiently. In a model in...
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According to the macroeconomic allocation efficiency measure, particularly based on the methodology of Hsieh and Klenow (2009), Korea's allocation efficiency in the manufacturing industry deteriorated in the 2000s compared to that in the 1990s. This study compares the potential TFP gain when...
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-industry reallocation, we confirm that intensified misallocation generally results from intra-industry allocative inefficiency. The … potential loss from instances of worsening misallocation is estimated to be approximately 0.6% points for each year, which is …
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I propose a two-sector endogenous growth model with heterogeneous sectoral productivity and nonlinear hiring costs to analyse the link between sectoral resource allocation, low productivity growth and stagnant real wages. My results suggest that an upward shift in employment, triggered for...
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Access to external finance is a major obstacle for small and young firms; thus, providing subsidized credit to small and young firms is a widely-used policy option across countries. We study the impact of such targeted policies on aggregate output and productivity and highlight indirect general...
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factors across firms was at the root of the low TFP growth in Spain, while misallocation across sectors played only a minor … role. We show that within-industry misallocation of production factors increased substantially over the period in all … technological frontier. Cross-industry variation reveals that the increase in misallocation was more severe in sectors where the …
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El patrón de crecimiento de la economía española durante el período 1995-2007 se caracterizó por el notable aumento del empleo y de la inversión, así como por la ausencia de ganancias en productividad. Estos desarrollos macroeconómicos se combinaron con un aumento del crédito bancario,...
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La productividad total de los factores (PTF) se considera el determinante principal del crecimiento económico sostenible a largo plazo. La ausencia de crecimiento en la PTF caracterizó a la economía española desde la fundación de la eurozona hasta el estallido de la crisis financiera...
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