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Essays on wage and productivity disparities : empirical studies with a regional focus in Germany and Brazil
Ehrl, Philipp - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463073
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Digitalisation and productivity : a report by the ESCB expert group on productivity, innovation and technological change
Bijnens, Gert; Botelho, Vasco; Falck, Elisabeth; … - 2024
The productivity-enhancing effects of digitalisation have generated increased interest in the promotion of digital … technologies. This report provides different estimations for euro area countries of the impact of digital uptake on productivity at … firm level, showing that the adoption of digital technologies could lead to an increase in firms' productivity in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014479720
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391202
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014383297
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Agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship: testing for spatial externalities in the Dutch ICT industry
van Oort, Frank G.; Stam, Erik - 2005
Although there is growing evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the formation and growth of firms, both the concepts of agglomeration economies and entrepreneurship tend to be ambiguously defined and measured in the literature. In this study, we aim to improve the conceptualisations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261507
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Technological Adaptation, Cities, and New Work
Lin, Jeffrey - 2019
Where does adaptation to innovation take place? The author presents evidence on the role of agglomeration economies in the application of new knowledge to production. All else equal, workers are more likely to be observed in new work in locations that are initially dense in both college...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012906205
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The future of work : how G20 countries can leverage digital-industrial innovations into stronger high-quality jobs growth
Annunziata, Marco; Bourgeois, Hendrik - 2018
for faster productivity growth, but also a potential disruption to a number of economic sectors and to job markets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809882
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The future of work : how G20 countries can leverage digital-industrial innovations into stronger high-quality jobs growth
Annunziata, Marco; Bourgeois, Hendrik - 2018
The wave of digital-industrial innovation which begins to disrupt vast sectors of the global economy has fueled fear of a potential adverse impact on jobs and wages. This paper argues that digitalindustrial innovations make human capital more important than ever and the focus needs to shift to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869165
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Productivity, structural change, and skills dynamics : evidence from a half-century analysis
Asik, Gunes; Karakoc, Ulas; Marouani, Mohamed Ali; … - 2020
This paper explores the contribution of structural change and the skill upgrading of the labour force to productivity …. Our growth decomposition based on an original database we built for Tunisia and Turkey shows that productivity is mainly … explained by intra-industry changes during the import substitution period. Second, we show that this productivity increase has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174029
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Child Labor, Fertility and Economic Growth
Hazan, Moshe; Berdugo, Byniamin - 2014
This paper explores the evolution of child labor, fertility, and human capital in the process of development. In early stages of development the economy is in a development trap where child labor is abundant, fertility is high and output per capita is low. Technological progress, however,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014123692