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Dostie, Benoit - 2015

stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …

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The Effects of the State Sector on Wage Inequality in Urban China : 1988–2007

Xia, Qingjie - 2013

This paper examines the effects of state sector domination on wage inequality in urban China. Using Chinese Household Income Project surveys, we conduct two exercises: with quantile regression analysis, we identify wage gaps across the distribution and over time; and we employ the Machado and...

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Understanding Urban Wage Inequality in China 1988-2008 : Evidence from Quantile Analysis

Appleton, Simon - 2014

This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality from 1988 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2008 largely due to changes in the wage structure. The analysis...

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Informal Employment in China : Trends, Patterns and Determinants of Entry

Liang, Zhe - 2016

We empirically deconstruct informal employment in China into private business owners and casual workers without job contracts. Survey data from 2007 and 2013 document a rise in informal employment to the point where it exceeds formal employment, potentially an unintended consequence of the 2008...

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The Effect of Adversity on Process Innovations and Managerial Incentives

Dostie, Benoit - 2009

This paper asks whether adversity spurs the introduction of process innovations and increases the use of managerial incentives by firms. Using a large panel data set of workplaces in Canada, our identification strategy relies on exogenous variation in adversity arising from increased border...

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Organizational Redesign, Information Technologies and Workplace Productivity

Dostie, Benoit; Jayaraman, Rajshri - 2021

Using a large longitudinal, nationally representative workplace-level dataset, we explore the productivity gains associated with computer use and organizational redesign. The empirical strategy involves the estimation of a production function, augmented to account for technology use and...

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Not for the Profit, But for the Training? Gender Differences in Training in the For-Profit and Non-Profit Sectors

Dostie, Benoit - 2017

We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to examine gender differences in probability, duration, and intensity of firm-sponsored training. We find that women in the for-profit sector are less likely to receive classroom training, and receive shorter classroom training courses. However, we...

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