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Trust-Based Work-Time and Product Improvements: Evidence from Firm Level Data
Godart, Olivier; Görg, Holger; Hanley, Aoife - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884337
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
Akçomak, I. Semih; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703394
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Access to Modern Energy: a Review of Impact Evaluations
Bonan, Jacopo; Pareglio, Stefano; Tavoni, Massimo - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2014
Universal access to modern energy services, in terms of access to electricity and to modern cooking facilities, has been recognized as fundamental challenge for development and is likely to be included in the post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals. Despite a strong praise for action and several...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011162055
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Deviations in Kilometres Travelled: The Impact of Different Mobility Futures on Energy Use and Climate
Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
The importance of a focus on mobility and the kilometres travelled using light duty vehicles is reflected in the persistence of strong demand for personal mobility and emissions that tend to be linked with population and economic growth. Simulation results using the WITCH model show that changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584498
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Light Duty Vehicle Transportation and Global Climate Policy: The Importance of Electric Drive Vehicles
Bosetti, Valentina; Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
between innovation in the transportation sector and the energy sector. By modelling the demand for LDVs, the use of fuels, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539703
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Light Duty Vehicle Transportation and Global Climate Policy: The Importance of Electric Drive Vehicles
Bosetti, Valentina; Longden, Thomas - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
between innovation in the transportation sector and the energy sector. By modelling the demand for LDVs, the use of fuels, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541207
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Return of the Solow Paradox? IT, Productivity, and Employment in U.S. Manufacturing
Acemoglu, Daron; Autor, David; Dorn, David; Hanson, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
An increasingly influential "technological-discontinuity" paradigm suggests that IT-induced technological changes are rapidly raising productivity while making workers redundant. This paper explores the evidence for this view among the IT-using U.S. manufacturing industries. There is some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961044
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The Effect of (Mostly Unskilled) Immigration on the Innovation of Italian Regions
Bratti, Massimiliano; Conti, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884112
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Growing out of the Crisis: Hidden Assets to Greece's Transition to an Innovation Economy
Herrmann, Benedikt; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884121