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Differentiated management of GM diffusion in China: Further hampering the self-sufficiency in cereal production?
Fok, Michel; Liang, Weili; Wang, Guiyan; Wu, Yuhong - HAL - 2004
China is a big country in terms of biotech achievements. It is also a rare country demonstrating crop-differentiated policies in the dissemination of the GMOs. While the release of GMOs is authorized notably for cotton in 1998, it is still prohibited for food crops. In spite of the positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793327
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Is the New Economy a Useful Concept ?
Paulré, Bernard - HAL - 2000
the evolution of two different forms of productivity (the productivity of labour and total factor productivity … theoretical underpinnings for most debates on the origins of the particular economic growth and productivity gains that have taken …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008793473
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Employment and productivity: disentangling employment structure and qualification effects
Bourlès, Renaud; Cette, Gilbert; Cozarenco, Anastasia - HAL - 2010
This paper studies the effect of changes in the employment rate on labour productivity per hour, taking an empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794107
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DO PRODUCT MARKET REGULATIONS IN UPSTREAM SECTORS CURB PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH? PANEL DATA EVIDENCE FOR OECD COUNTRIES
Bourlès, Renaud; Cette, Gilbert; Lopez, Jimmy; … - HAL - 2010
The paper focuses on the influence of upstream competition for productivity outcomes in downstream sectors. This …. Thus, lack of competition in upstream markets curbs incentives to improve productivity downstream, negatively affecting … productivity outcomes. We test this prediction by estimating an error correction model that differentiates the potential downstream …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794277
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Minimum Wage and Job Complexity
Amine, Samir; Santos, Pedro Lages Dos - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2011
This article aims to understand how public policies affect the behavior of agents in term of selectivity. In other words, we explain how the state of the labour market and, in particular qualification level of workers, affects technological choices of firms. Using a matching model in which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794714
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Technological Choices, Productivity and Labour Market Participation
Amine, Samir; Santos, Pedro Lages Dos - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2011
productivity by making agents more selective and jobs more complex. However, the impact on labour market participation is negative. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794715
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Textile manufacturing in eight developing countries:How far does the business environment explain firms' productive inefficiency?
Chaffai, Mohamed; Kinda, Tidiane; Plane, Patrick - HAL - 2011
-based simulations are then proposed in order to assess productivity gains which would occur if firms had the opportunity to evolve in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794824
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Staff Motivation at Kuwait University Libraries
Alqudsi-ghabra, Taghreed; Mansouri, Huda H. - In: Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM) 09 (2010) 04, pp. 355-363
professionals and non-professionals. It appears that high productivity depends on the level of library workers. …
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Global banking and international business cycles
Kollmann, Robert; Enders, Zeno; Mueller, Gernot J. - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas - 2011
investigate how such a bank capital requirement affects the international transmission of productivity and loan default shocks … productivity shocks. Second, the contribution of loan default shocks to business cycle fluctuations is negligible under normal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008799635
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Expanding variety of goods underscores battle for competitive advantage
Mostashari, Shalah M. - In: Economic Letter 5 (2010)
The variety of goods imported to the U.S. has dramatically increased in the past two decades. This growth reflects a widening circle of nations delivering the same goods to this country. In some cases, the U.S. makes its own version of these products--such as Hershey's chocolate, which is...
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