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Robots and Workers: Evidence from the Netherlands
Acemoglu, Daron; Koster, Hans R.A.; Ozgen, Ceren - 2023
We estimate the effects of robot adoption on firm-level and worker-level outcomes in the Netherlands using a large employer-employee panel dataset spanning 2009-2020. Our firm-level results confirm previous findings, with positive effects on value added and hours worked for robot-adopting firms...
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The Rise and Fall of German Innovation
Naudé, Wim; Nagler, Paula - 2021
In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is contrasted with the post-World War II period. This latter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012498055
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The Productivity Impact of R&D Investment: A Comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially … in the high-tech industries), and this contributes to explaining the higher productivity of US firms. Conversely, EU … firms are more likely to achieve productivity gains through capital-embodied technological change at least in medium and low …
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The UK's Productivity Puzzle
Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2015
unemployment response; and the very slow rate of recovery. We review the literature which finds most of the decline in productivity … intensification but employers appeared incapable of turning this effort into improved workplace level productivity. Widespread pay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288222
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Wages and Employment in the Netherlands, 2017-2023
Klinker, Iris; ter Weel, Bas - 2024
estimates. The research period has been characterised by high labour demand, negative supply shocks, high levels of inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015045497
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Sind Nominallöhne starr? Neuere Evidenz und wirtschaftspolitische Implikationen
Beissinger, Thomas; Knoppik, Christoph - 2003
Bei Vorliegen nach unten starrer Nominallöhne erschwert niedrige Inflation Reallohnanpassungen und führt so … Auswirkungen bei sehr niedriger Inflation nicht zu vernachlässigen sind. Die Ergebnisse dieser Literatur sollten daher bei der …In the presence of downwardly rigid nominal wages, low inflation may lead to higher equilibrium unemployment by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261537
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The US inflation-unemployment tradeoff: methodological issues and further evidence
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor - 2009
chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276468
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Inflation and Wage Expectations of Firms and Employees
Buchheim, Lukas; Link, Sebastian; Möhrle, Sascha - 2024
We study the link between expected inflation and wages using novel panel data from German firms and employees. We find … that pass-through—the percentage point change in wage growth given a one percentage point change in expected inflation … margin, expected inflation has little effect on additional wage negotiations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015096982
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The US Inflation-Unemployment Tradeoff: Methodological Issues and Further Evidence
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
chain reactions, and provides new evidence on the long-run inflation-unemployment tradeoff in the US. It is argued that … inflation/unemployment responses to money growth shocks. SVAR (structural vector autoregression) and GMM (generalised method of … and real sides of the economy are symbiotic. In the light of the significant and robust long-run inflation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030883
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Search Frictions on Product and Labor Markets: Money in the Matching Function
Lehmann, Etienne; Linden, Bruno Van der - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
not efficient. Inflation is detrimental to unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700844