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The export-productivity link for Brazilian manufacturing firms
Cirera, Xavier; Lederman, Daniel; Mañez Castillejo, Juan A. - 2015
This paper explores the link between exports and total factor productivity (TFP) for Brazilian manufacturing firms over … the period 2000-2008, both under the assumption of an exogenous or an endogenous law of motion for productivity. The … law of motion for productivity, which reinforces the importance of accounting for firm export status to study the …
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Trade Liberalization and Firm Productivity : Estimation Methods Matter
Kealey, John - 2018
In this paper we show that the relationship between trade liberalization and fi rm productivity is sensitive to the … method used to estimate the production function. We estimate the productivity of Colombian manufacturing plants using the … come to surprisingly different conclusions about firm productivity growth after the liberalization. Results from a growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935684
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Do temporary workers receive risk-premiums? : assessing the wage effects of fixed-term contracts in West-Germany by matching estimators compared with parametric approaches
Hagen, Tobias - 2001
The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually applied for the evaluation of active labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447109
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Do fixed-term contracts increase the long-term employment opportunities of the unemployed?
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
The paper investigates whether (unsubsidised) fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are a means of integration for the unemployed in the West German labour market. This is done by analysing whether entering into an FTC improves the employment opportunities of an unemployed person in terms of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448679
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Do Temporary Workers Receive Risk-Premiums? Assessing the Wage Effects of Fixed-Term Contracts in West-Germany by Matching Estimators Compared with Parametric Approaches
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
The wage effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) are analysed with the GSOEP for West Germany. Different estimators which take into account selection bias are used. It is shown that propensity score matching estimators which are usually applied for the evaluation of active labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014090691
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Productivity in German manufacturing firms : does fixed-term employment matter?
Nielen, Sebastian; Schiersch, Alexander - In: International labour review 155 (2016) 4, pp. 535-561
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Heterogeneity matters : temporary employment, productivity and wages in Italian firms
Cirillo, Valeria; Ricci, Andrea - In: Economia politica : journal of analytical and … 39 (2022) 2, pp. 567-593
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Do temporary contracts affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms
Dolado, Juan José; Stucchi, Rodolfo - 2008
This paper evaluates the impact of the widespread use of fixed-term contracts in Spain on firms' TFP, via its effect on … rates increase firm's productivity while high shares of temporary contracts decrease it. Both effects are quantitatively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273862
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Innovation and willingness to export : is there an effect of conscious self-selection?
Mohavedi, Mohammad; Shahbazi, Kiumars; Gaussens, Olivier - 2017
This paper presents an analysis of the crucial relationship between innovation, productivity, and export in Small and … export is revealed by simultaneously endogeneizing productivity and innovation output based on recursive non-linear model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011632674
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Innovation and willingness to export : is there an effect of conscious self-selection?
Movahedi, Mohammad; Shahbazi, Kiumars; Gaussens, Olivier - 2017
This paper presents an analysis of the crucial relationship between innovation, productivity, and export in Small and … export is revealed by simultaneously endogeneizing productivity and innovation output based on recursive non-linear model. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729425