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average labor productivity in one spatial unit on employment density and other controls. The novelty of our analysis is that …- we derive figures on average wages by worker at the scale of Local Labor Markets (LLMs). The empirical analysis bases on … agglomeration in the conditional mean of labor productivity. Additionally, the QR and IVQR estimators find a progressively …
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Llull presents a cross-country analysis of the impact of immigration on productivity and employment. Push … imply a semi-elasticity of native wages to immigration of −0.7 if the extensive margin of labour supply is ignored (the … zeroes of displaced workers are averaged in), and +0.12 on the wages of those who remain working. The effect on immigrant …
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analyse the link between sectoral resource allocation, low productivity growth and stagnant real wages. My results suggest … raises growth of technology, labor productivity and real wages. I show, however, that a slowdown in productivity and … immediate phase following the shock, labor productivity and real wages stagnate as employment gains are initially …
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strong evidence that lower unemployment benefit has an adverse effect on wages. We use panel data to identify and estimate …. In eastern Germany there is no systematic difference between men and women but the negative impact on wages is confirmed. …
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This paper analyses the effect of innovation on the well-established productivity-export association in the literature …. Here, we argue that actively innovative firms have a higher productivity, which make them more likely to become exporters … further, which may facilitate future productivity. We use the micro-data from two waves of Swedish Community Innovation Survey …
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This paper empirically analyzes the agglomeration-related productivity premium at the enterprise level of the … to consider firm, urban and regional heterogeneity and test two possible explanations of the productivity advantages of …. The results suggest that Russian plants in urban agglomerations enjoy 17-21% higher labor productivity. This gain arises …
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This study analyzes empirically the effects of import competition on firm productivity (TFPQ) using administrative firm … positive incentives for firms to invest in productivity improvement, whereas import competition from middle- and low …. Costly investment in productivity appears feasible reaction to such type of competition and we find no evidence for …
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higher wages generally commute longer distances but adjust their distance to a wage change predominantly in urban areas …
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The literature shows a wage premium for graduates from high quality, elite, or more selective universities. The results, however, exist for countries with a clear hierarchy of top universities, such as the US, England, and Australia. I evaluate if such an effect also exists in Germany, a country...
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