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Vertical Industry Relations, Spillovers and Productivity: Evidence from Chilean Plants
López, Ricardo A; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use disaggregated data on Chilean plants, and the Chilean input-output table to examine the impact of agglomeration spillovers on total factor productivity (TFP). In common with previous studies, we find evidence of intra-industry spillovers, but no evidence of crossindustry spillovers in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822285
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The Effect of Migration on Income Growth and Convergence: Meta-Analytic Evidence
Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008527330
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Industry Churning and the Evolution of Cities: Evidence for Germany
Findeisen, Sebastian; Suedekum, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we show that the recent model by Duranton (AER, 2007) performs remarkably well in replicating the city size distribution of West Germany, much better than the simple rank-size rule known as Zipf’s law. The main mechanism of this theoretical framework is the "churning" of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233878
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The Diffusion of Information Technology and the Increased Propensity of Teams to Transcend Institutional and National Borders
Winkler, Anne E.; Glänzel, Wolfgang; Levin, Sharon; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This study examines the relationship between the diffusion of IT and changes in collaboration patterns across institutional and national borders. To undertake the research, the authors match an explicit measure of institutional IT adoption (domain names, e.g. www.umsl.edu) with institutional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216751
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The Impact of Internet Diffusion on Marriage Rates: Evidence from the Broadband Market
Bellou, Andriana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The Internet has the potential to reduce search frictions by allowing individuals to identify faster a larger set of available options that conform to their preferences. One market that stands to benefit from this process is that of marriage. This paper empirically examines the implications of...
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Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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Adverse Selection and Incentives in an Early Retirement Program
Whelan, Kenneth T.; Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Hallock, Kevin F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
-tenure-track employees at a large university. Using administrative records on the eligible population of employees not covered by collective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353430
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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht ungeachtet diverser Reformanstrengungen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit weiter vor großen Herausforderungen: Im internationalen Vergleich fehlt es an sozialer Chancengleichheit im Verlauf der Bildungskarrieren, und für eine "Bildungsnation" nehmen sich die...
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Returns to University Quality in Australia: A Two-Stage Analysis
Carroll, David; Heaton, Christopher; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This study investigates the relationship between university quality and graduate starting salaries using pooled … factors, though the range of university effects is fairly small in relation to other salary determinants, particularly course … on attending a high-quality or prestigious university, at least upon workforce entry. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959737
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Talking about the Pigou Paradox: Socio-Educational Background and Educational Outcomes of AlmaLaurea
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
status. About ten years after the Bologna declaration and the "3+2" reform of the university system, AlmaLaurea data relative …-educational background of university graduates. Parents' educational level seems to be the main determinant of the probability to get a … university degree and to get it with the highest possible grade. As previous studies have also shown, the effect of the socio …
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