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Assessing the Role of Ageing, Feminising and Better-Educated Workforces on TFP Growth
Ariu, A. - 2019
This paper uses Belgian firm-level data, covering the 1998-2006 period, to assess the impact on TFP growth of key labour force structural changes: ageing, feminisation and rise of educational attainment. Based on a Hellerstein-Neumark analytical framework, our work shows that an ageing workforce...
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The importance of skill measurement for growth accounting
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; … - 2010
-adjusted index of labor services. We find that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth decreases significantly when using the latter … method. This means that when using the alternative method one explains more of the growth in labor productivity than what a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975612
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Contribution of human capital accumulation to Canadian economic growth
Bowlus, Audra J.; Park, Youngmin; Robinson, Chris - 2022
hour and total factor productivity. Using a "flat spot" identification strategy, we separately estimate the price and …
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Robots at work? : pitfalls of industry level data
Bekhtiar, Karim; Bittschi, Benjamin; Sellner, Richard - 2021
In a seminal paper Graetz and Michaels (2018) find that robots increase labor productivity and TFP, lower output prices … variables reestablishes the productivity effects, but still rejects positive wage effects and skill-biased technological change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012504766
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Robots at work? pitfalls of industry level data
Bekhtiar, Karim; Bittschi, Benjamin; Sellner, Richard - 2021
In a seminal paper Graetz and Michaels (2018) find that robots increase labor productivity and TFP, lower output prices … workforce variables reestablishes the productivity effects, but still rejects positive wage effects and skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012432819
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The importance of skill measurement for growth accounting
Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina; … - 2010
-adjusted index of labor services. We find that Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth decreases significantly when using the latter … method. This means that when using the alternative method one explains more of the growth in labor productivity than what a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276051
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Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Gender Differences in Schooling Outcomes: Evidence from the Birthweight Differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507364
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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Data, measurement and initiatives for inclusive digitalization and future of work
Nofal, María B.; Coremberg, Ariel; Sartorio, Luca - 2018
As the pace of digitalization and automation accelerates globally, and more disruptive innovations in machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotics are expected, new data sources and measurement tools are needed to complement existing valuable statistics and administrative data. This is...
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Impact of digitalisation on economic growth, productivity and employment
Arsić, Milojko - In: Ekonomske teme 58 (2020) 4, pp. 431-457
Since the industrial revolution, technological innovations have enabled rise in productivity, employment, standard of … living and the tota l population several times. In the last 15 years productivity growth ha s slowed-down in the most of … expected to trigge r a slight acceleration in productivity, while explosive growth i n productivity, as predicted by some th …
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