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A Comment on the Environment and Directed Technical Change
(Discussion papers;713, Working paper, 2012-11)The major claim in Acemoglu, Aghion, Bursztyn & Hemous (2012) (AABH) is that subsidies for research and development of clean technologies are more important than carbon taxes when dealing with climate change. However, they ... -
Are technological change and organizational change biased against older workers? Firm-level evidence
(Discussion Papers;No. 512, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Recent decades have been characterized by rapid technological change. In the same period, early withdrawal from the labor market has increased markedly. One particular question concerns the effects of technological ... -
Capacity utilization in a generalized Malmquist index including environmental factors : a decompostion analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 473, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Productivity measures ignoring environmental effects may give misleading information on total productivity growth. Further, business cycles in the form of capacity utilization may also significantly influence ... -
Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa : identification based on multilateral liberalization reform
(Discussion Papers;585, Working paper, 2009)The analysis of the effect of tariffs for labor productivity faces the challenge of tariff policy endogeneity. Tariff policy is designed to promote economic development and the industrial sector tariff structure may reflect ... -
Job creation, heterogeneous workers and technical change : matched worker/plant data : evidence from Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 304, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: Using matched worker/plant level data for Norway, theories explaining the change in skill composition are assessed using direct evidence on the job creation and destruction for high, medium and low skilled ... -
Technological changes in the pulp and paper industry and the role of uniform versus selective environmental policy
(Discussion Papers;No. 357, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Although environmental regulations may imply a cost increase on firm's conventional input factors, such regulations could stimulate the incentives to improve factor productivity. Productivity measures including ... -
Technology, trade and inequality
(Discussion Papers;No. 364, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: In recent decades new technology has led to increasing demand for well-educated labour at the expense of labour with lower education levels. Moreover, increased imports from low-cost countries have squeezed ... -
The barrier model of productivity growth: South Africa
(Discussion Papers;No. 425, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The barrier model of productivity growth suggests that individual country productivity is related to the world technology frontier disturbed by national barriers. We offer a country study of the barrier ...