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Innovation and Institutional Ownership
Aghion, Philippe; Van Reenen, John; Zingales, Luigi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We find that institutional ownership in publicly traded companies is associated with more innovation (measured by cite …, policy changes and disaggregating by type of owner we find that the effect of institutions on innovation does not appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661518
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Has ICT polarized skill demand? Evidence from eleven countries over 25 years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We test the hypothesis that information and communication technologies (ICT) “polarize” labor markets, by increasing demand for the highly educated at the expense of the middle educated, with little effect on low-educated workers. Using data on the US, Japan, and nine European countries from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011234814
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Has ICT polarized skill demand?: evidence from eleven countries over 25 Years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
OECD labor markets have become more “polarized” with employment in the middle of the skill distribution falling relative to the top and (in recent years) also the bottom of the skill distribution. We test the hypothesis of Autor, Levy, and Murnane (2003) that this is partly due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071292
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Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over 25 years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Van Reenen, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
OECD labor markets have become more “polarized” with employment in the middle of the skill distribution falling relative to the top and (in recent years) also the bottom of the skill distribution. We test the hypothesis of Autor, Levy, and Murnane (2003) that this is partly due to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008553070
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Government and technical progress : a cross-industry analysis
Nelson, Richard R. (contributor) - 1982
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004019391
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Technical advance and growth of potential output
Nelson, Richard R. - In: Patents and progress : The sources and impact of …, (pp. 143-156). 1965
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002561414
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Technical advance and productivity growth : retrospect, prospect, and policy issues
Nelson, Richard R. - In: Western economies in transition : structural change and …, (pp. 67-104). 1980
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The impact of competition on management quality: evidence from public hospitals
Bloom, Nick; Propper, Carol; Seiler, Stephan; Van … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
In this paper we examine the causal impact of competition on management quality. We analyze the hospital sector where geographic proximity is a key determinant of competition, and English public hospitals where political competition can be used to construct instrumental variables for market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745172
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UK economic performance since 1997: growth, productivity and jobs
Corry, Dan; Valero, Anna; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
the years of Conservative government, 1979-97. We focus on measures of business performance, especially productivity … growth. This is a key economic indicator as in the long run, productivity determines material wellbeing - wages and … consumption. Productivity determines the size of the 'economic pie' available to the citizens of a country. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745229
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Corporate R&D and productivity in Germany and the United Kingdom
Bond, Stephen; Harhoff, Dietmar; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
This paper analyzes differences in R&D spending and in the impact of R&D on productivity between German and UK firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745353