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The Neighborhood or the Region? Untangling the density-productivity relationship using geocoded data
Larsson, Johan P. - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
I analyze the effects of sub-city level density of economic activity on worker productivity. Using a geocoded dataset … is that if the data source is not sufficiently disaggregated, analyses of the density-productivity link risk understating …
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Orsaker till och effekter av växande löneskillnader: Utbud av ny teknik och efterfrågan på kunskap
Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014
Lönespridningen bland OECD-länderna har ökat kontinuerligt under de senaste decennierna. Som förklaring anges bland annat ökad globalisering och handel, förändringar i den relativa efterfrågan och utbudet av arbetskraft samt institutionella förändringar, såsom fackföreningarnas roll...
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Wages, Productivity and Industry Composition – agglomeration economies in Swedish regions
Klaesson, Johan; Larsson, Hanna - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2009
productivity differs between regions. Using a decomposition method, akin to shift-share, we are able to separate regional wage … disparities into an industrial composition component and productivity component. According to theory it is expected that … productivity is higher in larger regions due to different kinds of economies of agglomeration. Also, larger regions are able to …
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Exporters, Spin-outs and Firm Performance
Lööf, Hans; Nabavi, Pardis - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012
firms in terms of survival, productivity and growth? Using a panel of about 2,000 ex-employee starts ups, their parent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009397036
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Regional productivity effects of multinational firm affiliates
Andersson, Martin; Gråsjö, Urban; Karlsson, Charlie - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2014
analysis focuses on as¬sessing whether the productivity of the regional manufacturing industry of non-affiliated firms is … appear to benefit the most from local presence of MNFs. The MNFs have, on the other hand, no effect on non-MNF productivity …
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Regional Productivity and Accessibility to Knowledge and Dense Markets
Karlsson, Charlie; Pettersson, Lars - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2005
between regional productivity measures as gross regional product per square kilometre and accessibility to educated labour. We …
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Remittances and Investment
Bjuggren, Per-Olof; Dzansi, James; Shukur, Ghazi - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010
This paper studies the impact of remittances on investment. Workers’ remittances to developing countries have grown to be an important source of financing, amounting to around $300 billion a year. The funds are used for both consumption and investment in the home countries of the migrants. The...
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The knowledge filter, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Carlsson, Bo; Acs, Zoltan; Audretsch, David; … - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the United States over the last 150 years. According to the “new growth theory,” investments in knowledge and human capital generate economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the...
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New firms and labor market entrants: Is there a wage penalty for employment in new firms?
Nyström, Kristina; Elvung, Gulzat Zhetibaeva - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2013
In this paper, we explore the role of new firms as an entry point to the labor market. Because the vast majority of new firms are short-lived, it is a risky decision to accept employment in a new venture. It can be argued that individuals with little (or no) labor market experience are more...
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The Creative Class or Human Capital? - explaining regional development in Sweden
Mellander, Charlotta; Florida, Richard - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2007
Human capital is observed to be an important contributor to growth but unevenly distributed geographically. While there is consensus on the importance of human capital to economic development, debate takes shape around two central issues. First, there is the question of how best to measure human...
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