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Talent, labor quality, and economic development
Cubas, German; Ravikumar, B.; Ventura, Gustavo - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - 2013
We develop a theory of labor quality based on (i) the division of the labor force between unskilled and skilled workers and (ii) investments in skilled workers. In our theory, countries differ in two key dimensions: talent and total factor productivity (TFP). We measure talent using the observed...
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Summary of the Report on the Competitiveness of Puerto Rico's Economy
McAndrews, James - Federal Reserve Bank of New York - 2012
Remarks before the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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Summary of the Report on the Competitiveness of Puerto Rico's Economy
McAndrews, James - In: Speech (2012) June 29
Remarks before the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Annual Convention, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.
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Competitiveness, innovation and productivity of the country
Hakhverdyan, Davit; Shahinyan, Mher - In: Marketing i menedžment innovacij : m&mi (2022) 1, pp. 108-123
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The interaction between labor productivity and competitiveness in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Dong; Tran Thi Ai Diem; Bui Thi Hong Chinh; … - In: Journal of Asian finance, economics and business : JAFEB 7 (2020) 11, pp. 619-627
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Team production in competitive labor markets with adverse selection
Siemens, Ferdinand von; Kosfeld, Michael - 2014
Team production is a frequent feature of modern organizations. Combined with team incentives, team production can create externalities among workers, since their utility upon accepting a contract depends on their team's performance and therefore on their colleagues' productivity. We study the...
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Competing with robots : firm-level evidence from France
Acemoglu, Daron; Lelarge, Claire; Restrepo, Pascual - 2020
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Product market competition and employer provided training in Germany
Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe; Pfister, Annika - 2017
Using German establishment data, this paper examines the relationship between product market competition and the extent … of employer provided training. We demonstrate that high product market competition is associated with increased training … except when the competition is so severe as to threaten liquidation to a firm. We take this as evidence of an inverted U …
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The decline of small cities : increased competition from external shopping malls or long-term negative trends?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olov; Mihaescu, Oana; Rudholm, Niklas - In: International regional science review : IRSR ; an … 45 (2022) 2, pp. 225-257
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The effect of using competition to induce employee effort on employee cooperation in multitask job environments
Reichert, Bernhard E.; Sohn, Matthias - In: Advances in management accounting 34 (2022), pp. 33-62
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