Certified and uncertified skills and productivity growth performance: Cross-country evidence at industry level

Mason, Geoff; O'Leary, Brigid; Vecchi, Michela

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2012.03.003

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“…Lucas (1988) and Romer (1990) and are consistent with empirical findings at both industry and country level (Mason et al, 2012 andSunde andVischer 2015 respectively).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 86%

Growth, human development, and trade: The Asian experience

2017

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“…Lucas (1988) and Romer (1990) and are consistent with empirical findings at both industry and country level (Mason et al, 2012 andSunde andVischer 2015 respectively).…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 86%

Growth, human development, and trade: The Asian experience

2017

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“…Furthermore, those recruited are chosen to perform the desired tasks based on political connections rather than based on merit (Krueger 1990), which is assumed to lower the productivity of SOEs. Given the fact that human capital has a positive relationship with productivity and, thus, firms' performance (Mason et al 2012), it is possible that the heterogeneity in labor force characteristics between public and private firms may impact their performance differential. Thus, in this section, we provide an additional investigation into how distinct aspects of labor, i.e., labor size, labor intensity, and labor cost, can influence the performance differential.…”

Section: Additional Analysis: Ownership Identity Labor Size Labor Imentioning

confidence: 99%

Performance Differential Between Private and State-Owned Enterprises: An Analysis of Profitability and Leverage

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Taghizadeh–Hesary

Chuc

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ADBI Working Paper 950Phi et al. AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the relationship between ownership identity and the performance of firms in terms of profitability and solvency. Using crosssectional data covering over 25,000 firms worldwide and by employing various empirical methods, we find robust support for the inferior performance of government enterprises over privately owned firms. Specifically, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) tend to be less profitable than private-owned enterprises. However, they appear to be more dependent on debt for their financial need and are, thus, better leveraged. Additionally, SOEs are more labor intensive and have higher labor costs. Thus, evidence from this study could be interpreted to mean that privatization could improve the performance of public firms. However, a study over a longer period is needed before these results can be considered conclusive. JEL Classification: G32, G341ADBI Working Paper 950 Phi et al.

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“…For recent empirical evidence on the relationship between human capital and productivity growth at the industry level, see Mason et al (2012). 4 Michelacci and Lopez-Salido (2007) find that technological advances increase job destruction and job reallocation while Antelius and Lundberg (2003) offer some evidence that the rate of job turnover is higher in industries with higher shares of skilled workers; in turn, Givord and Maurin (2004) find that the job loss rate is higher in sectors with a higher share of R&D and high skilled workers.…”

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confidence: 99%