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Time of day, cognitive tasks and efficiency gains
Gaggero, Alessio; Tommasi, Denni - 2020
The link between time-of-day and productivity on cognitive tasks is crucial to understand workplace efficiency and welfare. We study the performance of University students taking at most one exam per day in the final two weeks of the semester. Exams are scheduled at different time-of-day in a...
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The economics of diversity: innovation, productivity, and the labour market
Ozgen, Ceren - 2021
of the empirical findings on the economic impacts of diversity on innovation, productivity, and the labour market. It …
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Productivity and organization in Portuguese firms
Caliendo, Lorenzo; Mion, Giordano; Opromolla, Luca David; … - 2015
The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions involves the organization of production in terms of the number of layers of management the firm decides to employ. Using detailed employer-employee matched data and firm production...
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Is increasing productivity COVID-19's silver lining?
Blit, Joel - 2020
Recent evidence for the U.S. suggests that recessions play a crucial role in promoting automation and the reallocation of productive resources, which in turn increase aggregate productivity and lead to a higher standard of living. I present evidence suggesting that the same is true in Canada. In...
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Artificial intelligence, jobs, inequality and productivity : does aggregate demand matter?
Gries, Thomas; Naudé, Wim - 2018
Rapid technological progress in artificial intelligence (AI) has been predicted to lead to mass unemployment, rising inequality, and higher productivity growth through automation. In this paper we critically re-assess these predictions by (i) surveying the recent literature and (ii)...
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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 2014
stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …
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Towards a new growth model in CESEE : convergence and competitiveness through smart, green and inclusive investment
Gereben, Áron; Wruuck, Patricia - 2021
a new growth model centred around a shift towards more home-grown innovation, digitalisation, climate change mitigation …
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Boosting productivity in Russia : skills, education and innovation
Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2015
persist. Private spending on innovation is very low and Russia underperforms in terms of scientific outputs and patents …. Support for low-tech innovation and technology adoption, especially among SMEs is narrow because of a bias towards large and …
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In-firm training, innovation and productivity : the case of Caribbean small island developing states
Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric; Watson, Patrick K. - 2017
In-firm training is a crucial innovative activity in modern knowledge-based economies which face increasing global …. This study uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) 2010 and Compete Caribbean's Productivity Technology Innovation … play a relatively small role and may not even matter for innovation and productivity. …
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Education or creativity : what matters most for economic performance?
Marrocu, Emanuela; Paci, Raffaele - 2011
There is a large consensus among social researchers on the positive role played by human capital on economic performances. The standard way to measure the human capital endowment is to consider the educational attainments by the resident population, usually the share of people with a university...
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