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作者：Barassi, MR
作者单位：University of Birmingham
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作者：Diamond, P
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
摘要：This essay describes the current debate on reforming Social Security in the US, along with a brief description of how the programme works. Along the way it comments on the quality of some reform proposals as well as their political standing. Where issues are similar, some inferences are drawn for the UK. While the focus of this essay is the political debate, the debate and my analysis do draw on the academic literature, which is not surprising since academics have played a number of roles in t...
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作者：Bandyopadhyay, S; Chatterjee, K
作者单位：University of Birmingham; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：We survey some of the major advances in coalition theory in recent years. We then look at the recent applications of the theory in the area of political economy and touch upon some important theoretical and applied open questions in the field.
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作者：Aubert, P; Caroli, E; Roger, M
作者单位：Universite Paris Nanterre
摘要：We investigate the relationships between new technologies, innovative workplace practices and the age structure of the workforce in a sample of French firms. We find evidence that the wage-bill share of older workers is lower in innovative firms and that the opposite holds for younger workers. This age bias affects both men and women. It is also evidenced within occupational groups. More detailed analysis of employment inflows and outflows shows that new technologies essentially affect older w...
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作者：Van Reenen, J
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：This article investigates the evolution of quality-adjusted prices for servers motivated by two facts. First, the recent productivity acceleration in the US is closely linked to the spread of IT of which networked computing is a large component. Second, the growth of network computing itself has been fostered by the rapid growth in the quality and quantity of server hardware and software. The preferred hedonic price index fell much more rapidly than the standard 'matched model' price index, ma...
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作者：Borghans, L; ter Weel, B
作者单位：Maastricht University
摘要：The model developed in this article explains differences in the division of labour across firms as a result of computer technology adoption. Changes in the division of labour result from reduced production time and improved communication possibilities. The first shifts the division of labour towards generic structures, while the latter enhances specialisation. Our estimates for a sample of Dutch establishments in the period 1990-6 suggest that productivity gains have been the main determinant ...
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作者：ter Weel, B
作者单位：Maastricht University
摘要：The emergence and rapid diffusion of information and communication technology is the most radical technological transformation of the last couple of decades and has had an enormous economic impact. This bundle of four articles contains research that discusses major economic implications of the diffusion of IT. They focus on two main implications of IT: (i) networks and industry dynamics, and (ii) IT and workplace organisation. The two sets of two articles contribute both original theoretical i...
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作者：Libanio, G
作者单位：University of Notre Dame; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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作者：van den Berg, GJ
作者单位：Tinbergen Institute; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
摘要：In markets with imperfect information and heterogeneity, the information technology affects the rate at which agents meet, which affects the distribution of production technologies across firms. Multiple equilibria may arise because the reservation utility and the lowest production technology in use affect each other. The adoption of novel information technologies may then entail a revolution in the sense of a move from an inefficient to an efficient equilibrium. Inefficient production technol...
