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Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Theodossiou, Ioannis - 2010

This paper engages in an interdisciplinary survey of the current state of knowledge related to the theory, determinants and consequences of occupational safety and health (OSH). First, it synthesizes the available theoretical frameworks used by economists and psychologists to understand the...

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Value chain analysis methodologies in the context of environment and trade research

Faße, Anja; Grote, Ulrike; Winter, Etti - 2009

This paper gives an overview of different methodologies related to value chain analysis in the context of environment and trade research. Four major fields of methodologies are identified: Accounting of input-output flows, general computable equilibrium models, econometrics, and global commodity...

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CEO compensation

Frydman, Carola; Jenter, Dirk - 2010

This paper surveys the recent literature on CEO compensation. The rapid rise in CEO pay over the past 30 years has sparked an intense debate about the nature of the pay-setting process. Many view the high level of CEO compensation as the result of powerful managers setting their own pay. Others...

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Productivity and international firm activities : what do we know?

Wagner, Joachim - 2011 - This version: January 25, 2011

This paper summarizes in a non-technical way what we know from empirical studies based on firm-level data about the mutual links between international activities of firms and productivity. It is written with a view to inform policy makers in an evidencebased way. A special focus is on the...

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Firms and labor market inequality : evidence and some theory

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute; Heining, Jörg; … - 2016

We review the literature on firm-level drivers of labor market inequality. There is strong evidence from a variety of fields that standard measures of productivity – like output per worker or total factor productivity – vary substantially across firms, even within narrowly-defined...

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Firms and labor market inequality : evidence and some theory

Card, David E.; Cardoso, Ana Rute; Heining, Jörg; … - 2016

We review the literature on firm-level drivers of labor market inequality. There is strong evidence from a variety of fields that standard measures of productivity - like output per worker or total factor productivity - vary substantially across firms, even within narrowly-defined industries....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489854

Explaining rising inequality : skill-biased technical change and North-South trade

Chusseau, Nathalie; Dumont, Michel; Hellier, Joël - In: Journal of economic surveys 22 (2008) 3, pp. 409-457

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Minimum wages

Neumark, David; Wascher, William L. - 2008

-- The effects of minimum wages on skills -- The effects of minimum wages on prices and profits -- The political economy of …

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Small-business owners' knowledge and rural tourism establishment performance in Spain

Hernández-Maestro, Rosa M.; Muñoz-Gallego, Pablo A.; … - In: Journal of travel research : a quarterly publication of … 48 (2009/10) 1, pp. 58-77

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Noncognitive skills in economics : models, measurement, and empirical evidence

Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009

these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates … results of the empirical literature regarding noncognitive skills are classified along the research questions and summarized …. -- noncognitive skills ; personality ; human capital formation ; psychometric measures …

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