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Human Capital Spillovers and Economic Performance in the Workplace in 2004: Some British Evidence

Metcalfe, Renuka; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper considers the impact of education and training on both individual and co-worker pay and establishment performance using the matched employer-employee data in WERS 2004, the panel dataset 1998-2004 and the new Financial Performance Questionnaire. This enables us to assess the impact of...

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When the Weak Win: Role of Farmer Groups in Influencing Agricultural Policy Outcome; a Case of Nkhate Irrigation Scheme in Malawi

Magreta, Ruth; Magombo, Tennyson; Zingore, Shamie - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

The knowledge today recaps that’s livelihood of many African farmers are constrained by poor access to both inputs and output markets, limited entrepreneurial skills for adding value to produce and to bargain for better prices and finally limited technical skills in agricultural production....

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Best fit model selection for spatial differences (regression) in the profitability analysis of precision phosphate (P) application to winter cereals in Precision Agriculture (PA)

Hough, Ella Christina; Nell, Wilhelm T.; Maine, Ntsikane; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

could cause limited crop production, thereby reducing profitability. Phosphates are also a primary nutrient essential for … predicting the profitability impact of P on PA. There are significant differences to be observed between the results obtained …

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Financial costs and benefits of investing in domesticated “Sonkyi” (Allanblackia spp) in the forest region of Southern Ghana

Egyir, Irene Susana; Kwadzo, George Tsey-Mensah - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

The integration of “Sonkyi” Allanblackia spp into cocoa farming systems has been initiated in Southern Ghana. Currently, it is a collection activity although its domestication is being championed by Unilever R&D Netherlands in collaboration with the Forestry Research Institute of Ghana....

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Exports, Imports and Profitability: First Evidence for Manufacturing Enterprises

Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper documents for the first time the relationship between profitability and three types of international trade …

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Chinese Unions and Enterprises Performance

Fang, Tony; Ge, Ying - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

unions are remarkable: unions in the workplace significantly improve productivity but reduce enterprise profitability …

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Age and Gender Composition of the Workforce, Productivity and Profits: Evidence from a New Type of Data for German Enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

and gender) and its performance (productivity and profitability) for a large representative sample of enterprises from …' profitability, which is consistent with deferred compensation considerations. Moreover, our analysis reveals for the first time that … with a lower level of profitability in these firms. If anything, profitability is (slightly) higher in firms with a larger …

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The Course of Research into the Economic Consequences of German Works Councils

Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a ‘dead end’....

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Exports and Profitability: First Evidence for German Manufacturing Firms

Fryges, Helmut; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Germany, this paper presents the first comprehensive evidence on the relationship between exports and profitability. It … documents that the positive profitability differential of exporters compared to non-exporters is statistically significant …. Instead, we use a newly developed continuous treatment approach and show that exporting improves the profitability almost over …

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Influencing factors of profit and profitability of agricultural large firms in the Omsk region, Russia

Schulze, Eberhard; Tillack, Peter; Patlassov, Oleg - Leibniz-Institut für Agrarentwicklung in … - 2002

profitability of Russian enterprises in the region of Omsk. Based on the final yearly reports of the enterprises it is shown, that … enterprises. Therefore, in this article only the gross profit, or the profitability of the gross profit are discussed. For the … year 2000, the average profitability of the gross profit of the examined enterprises amounted to 2,0 %. The profitability …

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