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The wage effects of polytechnic degrees : evidence from the 1999 China higher education expansion
Dai, Li; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024
on how polytechnics degrees pay off compared to university degrees. In this paper, we estimate the polytechnic degree … wage effect in China, drawing on an unprecedented higher education expansion initially focused on universities and only … later covering polytechnics. We find a large polytechnic wage penalty, of 35%, larger than what could be driven by the …
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Economic entrepreneurship, startups and their effects on local development : the case of Sweden
Westlund, Hans; Rader Olsson, Amy; Larsson, Johan P. - 2011
The current empirical entrepreneurship literature mainly shows a positive correlation between entrepreneurship (measured as the number of startups) and economic growth. However, the mechanisms by which entrepreneurship exerts its positive influence are not obvious. The net result of startups on...
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Local rates of new firm formation : an empirical exploration using Swedish data
Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019
We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...
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Are executives in short supply? : evidence from deaths' events
Schivardi, Fabiano; Sauvagnat, Julien - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200947
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The real effects of credit crunch in the Great Recession : evidence from Italian provinces
Barone, Guglielmo; De Blasio, Guido; Mocetti, Sauro - 2016
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Local banking and local economic growth In Italy : some panel evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Di Colli, Stefano; Di Salvo, … - 2014
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Local banking and local economic growth in Italy : some panel evidence
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Di Colli, Stefano; Di Salvo, … - 2014
This paper provides new evidence on the contribution of local banking to local economic growth (i.e. at county level - the Italian "province") in Italy. A comprehensive dataset is used, which includes control variables for social capital and human capital as well as indicators of the quality of...
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Are executives in short supply? : evidence from eeaths' events
Sauvagnat, Julien; Schivardi, Fabiano - 2020
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Are executives in short supply? : evidence from deaths' events
Sauvagnat, Julien; Schivardi, Fabiano - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389500
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Assessing the 2017 census of Pakistan using demographic analysis : a sub-national perspective
Wazir, Muhammad Asif; Goujon, Anne - 2019
In 2017, Pakistan implemented a long-awaited population census since the last one conducted in 1998. However, several experts are contesting the validity of the census data at the sub-national level, in the absence of a post-enumeration survey. We propose in this paper to use demographic...
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