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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits : Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian - 2012

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

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Competition and Gender Prejudice : Are Discriminatory Employers Doomed to Fail?

Weber, Andrea - 2009

According to Becker's (1957) famous theory on discrimination, entrepreneurs with a strong prejudice against female workers forgo profits by submitting to their tastes. In a competitive market their firms lack efficiency and are therefore forced to leave. We present new empirical evidence for...

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Human Capital Spillovers and Economic Performance in the Workplace in 2004 : Some British Evidence

Metcalfe, Renuka; Sloane, Peter J. - 2021

This paper considers the impact of education and training on both individual and co-worker pay and establishment performance using the matched employer-employee data in WERS 2004, the panel dataset 1998-2004 and the new Financial Performance Questionnaire. This enables us to assess the impact of...

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Say Pays! Shareholder Voice and Firm Performance

Cuñat, Vicente - 2014

: profitability and labor productivity increase, while overheads and investment fall. In contrast, we find limited effects on pay …

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High Performance Work Practices and Employee Voice : A Comparison of Japanese and Korean Workers

Bae, Kiu-Sik - 2010

Using a unique new cross-national survey of Japanese and Korean workers, we report the first systematic evidence on the effects on employee voice of High Performance Work Practices (HPWPs) from the two economies which are noted for the wide use of HPWPs. We find for both nations that: (i)...

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Market Characteristics, Intra-Firm Coordination, and the Choice of Human Resource Management Systems : Evidence from New Japanese Data

Kato, Takao; Ōwan, Hideo - 2021

This paper explores theoretically and empirically potentially important yet often-neglected linkage between task coordination within the organization and the structure of organization and bundling of HRMPs (Human Resource Management Practices). In so doing, we also provide fresh insights on the...

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Intangible Capital and Growth in Advanced Economies : Measurement Methods and Comparative Results

Corrado, Carol - 2012

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Intangible Knowledge Capital and Innovation in China

Fleisher, Belton M. - 2013

Intangible knowledge capital (IKC) – technology produced by workers but not embodied in them – can offset the "middle income trap" as China exhausts the benefits of international technology transfer. IKC is productivity-enhancing among Chinese enterprises – more so in domestically owned...

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Intangible Investment and Technical Efficiency : The Case of Software-Intensive Manufacturing Firms in Turkey

Findik, Derya - 2015

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component. Stochastic production frontier approach is used to simultaneously estimate the production function and the determinants of technical efficiency in the software intensive...

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Quantifying the Intangible Impact of the Olympics Using Subjective Well-Being Data

Dolan, Paul - 2019

Hosting the Olympic Games costs billions of taxpayer dollars. Following a quasi-experimental setting, this paper assesses the intangible impact of the London 2012 Olympics, using a novel panel of 26,000 residents in London, Paris, and Berlin during the summers of 2011, 2012, and 2013. We show...

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