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Labor Heterogeneity and the Risk of Expropriation in Less Developed Countries
an de Meulen, Philipp - 2011
expropriation. Not surprisingly, it turns out that the risk of expropriation decreases with a larger employment share of high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117679
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Demographics and factor flows : a political economy approach
Calahorrano, Lena; Meulen, Philipp an de - 2011
into account different generations' conflicting attitudes towards immigration and expropriation, we explore how these … does not take into consideration the interactions between immigration and expropriation policies. -- Demographic change … ; political economy ; migration ; foreign direct investment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581005
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Why don't labor and capital flow between young and old countries?
Calahorrano, Lena; Meulen, Philipp an de - 2009
endogenous policy constraints on both foreign direct investment and migration. Factor price differences between industrialized … developed countries. However, political barriers to immigration in developed countries and expropriation risks in developing …’ conflicting attitudes towards immigration and expropriation, we explore how these policy restrictions interact. We find that, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889091
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Peer effects in the workplace
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - 2013 - This Version: August 2013
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009793151
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Peer Effects in the Workplace
Cornelißen, Thomas - 2013
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075402
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Peer effects in the workplace
Cornelißen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - 2013
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128815
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Peer Effects in the Workplace
Cornelissen, Thomas; Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta - 2021
Existing evidence on peer effects in a work environment stems from either laboratory experiments or from real-word studies referring to a specific firm or specific occupation. Yet, it is unclear to what extent these findings apply to the labor market in general. In this paper, therefore, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315716
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Peer Effects in the Workplace : A Network Approach
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sauermann, Jan; Zenou, Yves - 2022
We study both endogenous and exogenous peer effects in worker productivity using an explicit network approach. We apply this method to data from an in-house call center of a multinational mobile network operator that include detailed information on individual performance. We find that a 10%...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083810
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Peer Effects in the Workplace : A Network Approach
Lindquist, Matthew J.; Sauermann, Jan; Zenou, Yves - 2022
We study both endogenous and exogenous peer effects in worker productivity using an explicit network approach. We find that a 10% increase in average co-worker current productivity increases worker productivity by 5.3%. A 10% increase in average co-worker permanent productivity decreases worker...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013294424
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The demographics of expropriation risk
Harms, Philipp; Meulen, Philipp an de - 2009
-growing populations. However, institutional failures and the risk of expropriation substantially reduce developing economies …' attractiveness for foreign investors. We analyze the influence of a country's demographic structure on international investment …, using a political-economy model in which population growth potentially affects the risk of expropriation. We first explore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003882307