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The Widening Canada-US Productivity Gap in Manufaturing
Bernstein, Jeffrey I.; Harris, Richard G.; Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 3-22
In this article, Jeffrey I. Bernstein of Carleton University, Richard G. Harris from Simon Fraser University, and Andrew Sharpe from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards provide a comprehensive analysis of the widening of the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap. Since 1994, labour...
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Schooling supply and the structure of production : evidence from US states 1950―1990
Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - 2013
We find that over the period 1950–1990, states in United States absorbed increases in the supply of schooling due to tighter compulsory schooling and child labor laws mostly through within-industry increases in the schooling intensity of production. Shifts in the industry composition towards...
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Did the Covid-19 Recession Increase the Demand for Digital Occupations in the United States? Evidence from Employment and Vacancies Data
Soh, Jiaming; Oikonomou, Myrto; Pizzinelli, Carlo; … - 2022
Covid-19 recession experienced a larger increase in the share of digital occupations in both employment and newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243740
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Did the COVID-19 Recession Increase the Demand for Digital Occupations in the United States? Evidence from Employment and Vacancies Data
Soh, Jiaming; Oikonomou, Myrto; Pizzinelli, Carlo; … - 2022
COVID-19 recession experienced a larger increase in the share of digital occupations in both employment and newly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014244425
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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - 2018 - This draft: May 15, 2018
This paper examines the equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college participation. We build an overlapping generations life cycle model with education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Cognitive and non-cognitive skills of children depend...
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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - 2016 - This draft: March 15, 2016
This paper examines the equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college participation. We build an overlapping generations life-cycle, heterogeneous-agent, incomplete-markets model with education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447151
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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - 2013
This paper compares partial and general equilibrium effects of alternative financial aid policies intended to promote college participation. We build an overlapping generations life-cycle, heterogeneous-agent, incomplete-markets model with education, labour supply, and consumption/saving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009777700
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Going the extra mile : effort by workers and job-seekers
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Lewis, Vivien; Villa, Stefania - 2019
equilibria. Variable labor effort gives rise to increasing returns to hours in production. This makes workers more valuable and …
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Employment Adjustment and Part-Time Work : Lessons from the United States and the United Kingdom
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel - 2019
We document that fluctuations in part-time employment play a major role in movements in hours per worker during … part-time employment. The evolution of part-time employment is predominantly explained by cyclical changes in transitions … between full-time and part-time employment. Those transitions occur overwhelmingly at the same employer, entail sizable …
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Labor shortage and innovation
Horbach, Jens; Rammer, Christian - 2020
Skilled labor is a key input to the innovation process. A shortage in supply of skilled labor may hence impede innovation activities, resulting in lower productivity gains. While governments are concerned about these likely negative impacts, there is only limited empirical evidence whether and...
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