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as part-time status and gender on both productivity and wages in English firms. We also investigate how productivity … returns follows from part-timers, who tend to work for firms that pay too low wages for the observed productivity differences …. Second, we study the effect of local skills on productivity controlling for skills at the firm. We find a positive and robust …
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We quantify agglomeration spillovers by estimating the impact of the opening of a large manufacturing plant on the … total factor productivity (TFP) of incumbent plants in the same county. We use the location rankings of profit … counties. This indicates that the ultimate effect on profits is smaller than the direct increase in productivity …
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broader range of skills. Technological progress leads to an increase of all wages and results in downsizing. Quantifying … differ in their skill composition. Organizations with higher Total Factor Productivity (TFP) are larger and hire from a … productivity using our model shows that a CES production function generates unbiased estimates of TFP but biased estimates of …
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of the effect of beauty on worker's productivity, as reported in 37 studies. The estimates are tested for publication … beauty effect concerning productivity. The average beauty effect is probably much lower than commonly believed based on the …
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We develop an equilibrium model of wages and estimate it using administrative data from Norway. Coworkers interact … through a task-assignment model, and wages are determined through multilateral bargaining over the surplus that accrues to the … workforce. Seniority affects wages through workplace output and relative bargaining power. These channels are separately …
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We develop an equilibrium model of wages and estimate it using administrative data from Norway. Coworkers interact … through a task-assignment model, and wages are determined through multi-lateral bargaining over the surplus that accrues to … the workforce. Seniority affects wages through workplace output and relative bargaining power. These channels are …
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We develop an equilibrium model of wages and estimate it using administrative data from Norway. Coworkers interact … through a task-assignment model, and wages are determined through multilateral bargaining over the surplus that accrues to the … workforce. Seniority affects wages through workplace output and relative bargaining power. These channels are separately …
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In der Öffentlichkeit wird oft die These vertreten, daß die zunehmende Ungleichheit der Lohneinkommen ökonomisch geboten, wenn auch gesellschaftspolitisch bedenklich sei. In diesem Beitrag wird gezeigt, daß die Lohnbildung in modernen Arbeitsmärkten nicht dem Prinzip der kompensierenden...
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and fiscal policies during the recession, reductions in real producer wages and relatively buoyant real consumer wages … back and productivity growth remains low, it may be that it will take a long time for employment to return to levels last … seen before the recession. -- labour market ; recession ; unemployment ; wages …
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achieve this goal, the plan seeks to boost labor productivity through an increased use of robots and through network …-based upgrading of the entire industrial value chain and related services. How might the projected increase in labor productivity …
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