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To Be or Not to Be: The Entrepreneur in Neo-Schumpeterian Growth Theory
Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Karlsson, Johan - 2022
); innovation returns are modeled as following an ex ante known probability distribution. By assuming that innovation outcomes are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426454
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The Profit Motive in the Classroom - Friend or Foe?
Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023
cost-efficient, long-term improvements, we identify the school system's capacity for knowledge-enhancing innovation as … considering evidence from regular markets that competition and the presence of for-profit actors should spur innovation. Our … analysis suggests that these factors are necessary but not sufficient conditions for innovation, tracing the obstacles to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377204
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Unemployment compensation and the allocation of labor in developing countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - 2013
This paper studies the effects of the introduction of unemployment compensation (UC) in countries characterized by pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and informal activities, as well as the allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293204
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Product market regulation, firm size, unemployment and informality in developing economies
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Terra, Cristina - 2011
This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general framework where formal and informal firms are subject to the same externalities, differing only with respect to some parameter values. Both formal and informal firms have monopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278505
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Efficiency in a search and matching economy with a competitive informal sector
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - 2012
We consider a dual labor market with a frictional formal sector and a competitive informal sector. We show that the size of the informal sector is generally too large compared to the optimal allocation of the workers. It follows that our results give a rationale to informality-reducing policies.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290000
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Unemployment Compensation and the Allocation of Labor in Developing Countries
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper studies the effects of the introduction of unemployment compensation (UC) in countries characterized by pervasive informality. We provide a simple framework to analyze the impact of UC on the allocation of workers between formal and informal activities, as well as the allocation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960130
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Efficiency in a Search and Matching Economy with a Competitive Informal Sector
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Ulus, Mustafa - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We consider a dual labor market with a frictional formal sector and a competitive informal sector. We show that the size of the informal sector is generally too large compared to the optimal allocation of the workers. It follows that our results give a rationale to informality-reducing policies.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744669
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Product Market Regulation, Firm Size, Unemployment and Informality in Developing Economies
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; Terra, Cristina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper studies the impact of product and labor market regulations on informality and unemployment in a general framework where formal and informal firms are subject to the same externalities, differing only with respect to some parameter values. Both formal and informal firms have monopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839271