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ORGANIZATION AND INEQUALITY IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
We present an equilibrium theory of the organization of work in an economywhere knowledge is an essential input in … designed to use and communicate their knowledge efficiently. Relativeto autarky, organization leads to larger cross … acquire knowledge lead to opposite implicationson wage inequality and organization than reductions in communication costs.[...] …
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The Knowledge Economy at the turn of the Twentieth Century: the Emergence of Hierarchies
Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
The knowledge economy is nothing new. As Chandler’s (1977) classic study documents,improvements in communication …
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OFFSHORING IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Antràs, Pol; Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
How does the formation of cross-country teams affect the organization of workand the structure of wages? To study this question, we propose a theory of theassignment of heterogeneous agents into hierarchical teams, where less skilledagents specialize in production and more skilled agents...
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Technisches Erfahrungswissen in industriellen Produktionsprozessen
Nakhosteen, C. Benjamin - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874092
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Skills, education and productivity in the KIBS sector : firm level evidence on the presence of externalities
Klaesson, Johan; Wixe, Sofia - 2011
Increased productivity is one of the main drivers of economic growth. Considering the increasing importance of the service sector in many economies studies of productivity in service firms are essential, but still rare. Questions concerning the underlying reasons for productivity differences in...
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Risk attitudes, knowledge, skills and agricultural productivity
Pham, Huong Dien; Waibel, Hermann - 2018
Agriculture is a risky business contingent on risks and uncertainty. Without strong technical knowledge, farmers tend … conducted in 2014 and 2015 focusing on farmers' knowledge, skills and risk attitudes. It aims to provide an overview of the …, farmers' knowledge, management ability and agricultural productivity by using univariate and bivariate analyses. The results …
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Knowledge, inequality and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard (ed.) - 2003
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Human capital and industrialization : evidence from the age of enlightenment
Squicciarini, Mara P.; Voigtländer, Nico - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010386218
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Human Capital and Industrialization : Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment
Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2014
) from upper-tail knowledge. As a proxy for the historical presence of knowledge elites, we use city-level subscriptions to … firm survey from the 1840s, we shed light on the mechanism: upper-tail knowledge raised productivity in innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458447
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Human Capital and Industrialization : Evidence from the Age of Enlightenment
Squicciarini, Mara - 2014
) from upper-tail knowledge. As a proxy for the historical presence of knowledge elites, we use city-level subscriptions to … firm survey from the 1840s, we shed light on the mechanism: upper-tail knowledge raised productivity in innovative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013052500