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simultaneity bias in productivity estimates through semi-parametric techniques, we find that changes in domestic firms’ TFP are …
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productivity growth. This exercise reveals that international capital flows are mainly shaped by government decisions and sovereign … aid flows, which are mostly accounted as debt, are also positively correlated with productivity growth consistent with the …
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We hypothesize, and test for, a negative effect of the length of the commute on worker’s productivity, by examining …
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We examine how multitasking affects performance and check whether women are indeed better at multitasking. Subjects in our experiment perform two different tasks according to three treatments: one where they perform the tasks sequentially, one where they are forced to multitask, and one where...
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, and (iii) productivity and growth, relative to the contributions of the entrepreneurs’ counterparts, i.e., the ‘control … very important—but specific—function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth …
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market productivity. The key constituents of human capital, identified in the literature, are jointly examined in a close …-to-reality-model. The main advantage of our model of productivity is that, in addition to accounting for the filigree composition of human … groups of migrating and local human capital, their interaction and joint impact on local productivity, and (2) to cross …
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This paper focuses on the relation between worker's productivity and retirement decision. Assuming that productivity … follows geometric Brownian motion with drift, there exists such a level of productivity for which it is optimal to retire. The … productivity and the probability of retirement. …
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Nobel laureates in economics make their most important and creative contributionsbetween the ages of 29 and 38. The average creative age of Nobel economists is slightly belowthat of laureates in physics, and considerably younger than that of laureates in chemistry andmedicine/physiology. The...
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The article describes “the theory of devaluation of values” developed by the author. In accordance with this theory, economic growth takes place using two inter-connected phenomena: a) reduction in time necessary for “the set of benefits (goods) currently consumed” to be produced, on the...
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real wages have not kept pace with productivity growth. This means that labour’s share of total income has fallen and …
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