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What are the sources of productivity growth? Economic theory offers a panoply of explanations, considering the effects … on productivity of organisational factors, research and development activity and factor accumulation, amongst other … evaluates the empirical literature on productivity performance using the productivity framework conceived by HM Treasury …
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This paper uses the adoption and invention of the spinning jenny as a test case to understand why the industrial revolution occurred in Britain in the eighteenth century rather than in France or India.  It is shown that wages were much higher relative to capital prices in Britain than in other...
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Much of the dramatic change in skill and wage structure observed in recent years in the United States is believed to stem from the impact of new technology. This paper compares the changing skill strcuture of wage bills and employment in the United States with six other advanced developed...
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Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. We argue that pervasive skill biased technological change rather than increased trade with the developing world is the principal culprit. The pervasiveness of this...
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The labour productivity differentials between manufacturing firms in Ghana and South Korea exceed those implied by … and South Korea.  There is no significant difference in total factor productivity across the countries once we allow for … in the shape of the relationship between productivity and human capital across countries is crucial for understanding the …
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We use an online real-effort experiment to investigate how bonus-based pay and worker productivity interact with … bonuses makes them cheat more but has no effect on their productivity.  We also find that more productive workers behave more …
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joint ventures in general and I have large effects on productivity especially when combined with a technology transfer …
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'transmission bias' in firm-level studies, which arises from firms' reaction to unobservable productivity realisations when making …
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This paper exploits unique data that permits the matching of students` test scores in different subjects to the teachers that teach those subjects. Within-pupil (across-subject, rather than across-time) variation is used to examine whether the characteristics of different subject teachers are...
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In this paper data from a school survey in India is used to ask whether there is evidence for the payment of performance related pay and whether such pay structures do impact on student achievement. It is shown that - after controlling for student ability, parental background and the resources...
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