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Managers and Productivity Differences
Guner, Nezih - 2016
We document that for a group of high-income countries (i) mean earnings of managers tend to grow faster than for non managers over the life cycle; (ii) the earnings growth of managers relative to non managers over the life cycle is positively correlated with output per worker. We interpret this...
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Managerial Practices and Students' Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2014
the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable …
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Teacher Assessments Versus Standardized Tests : Is Acting 'Girly' an Advantage?
Di Liberto, Adriana - 2017
We study if Italian teachers do apply gender discrimination when judging students. To this aim, we use a difference-in-differences approach that exploits the availability of both teachers (non-blind) and standardized test (blind) scores in math and language that Italian students receive during...
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Managerial Practices and Student Performance : Evidence from Changes in School Principals
Di Liberto, Adriana; Giua, Ludovica; Schivardi, Fabiano; … - 2023
World Management Survey methodology. The frequent turnover of school principals over this period allows us to causally …
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Der Einfluss von Management auf Corporate Entrepreneurship
Schmelter, Ralf (contributor) - 2009
In Zeiten des Technologiewandels und verkürzten Produktlebenszyklen ist die Markt- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit etablierter Unternehmen stark gefährdet. Einerseits haben sie oft mit starren Strukturen zu kämpfen, andererseits halten sie zu stark an ihrem Status quo fest. Um sich auch in neuen...
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Do Labor Statistics Depend on How and to Whom the Questions are Asked? Results from a Survey Experiment in Tanzania
Bardasi, Elena - 2012
survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent …. Significant differences are observed across survey designs with respect to different labor statistics. Labor force participation … rates, for example, vary by as much as 10 percentage points across the four survey assignments. Using a short labor module …
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Innovation in Developing Countries : Lessons from Vietnam and Laos
Matsunaga, Nobuaki (ed.) - 2019
The main focus of this book is innovation for developing countries: what is the innovation for, what are the current conditions of the innovation, and how to effectively innovate in developing economies. It contains the latest insights and analyses of innovation based on intensive interviews as...
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Entrepreneurship and Structural Change in Dynamic Territories : Contributions from Developed and Developing Countries
Carvalho, Luísa Cagica (ed.); Rego, Conceição (ed.);  … - 2018
Entrepreneurial ecosystems involve a complex synergy of factors, including social and structural changes that are frequently cumulative within territories, promoting the improvement of citizens’ quality of life and higher development levels. Further, dynamic territories are characterized by...
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SME Cluster Development : A Dynamic View of Survival Clusters in Developing Countries
Parrilli, Mario Davide - 2007
This book offers a new interpretative key, which we call 'a stage and eclectic approach', to the development of clusters. This approach supports public efforts to increase the effectiveness of policy-making and development operations in local contexts
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Do Interventions Targeted at Micro-Entrepreneurs and Small and Medium-Sized Firms Create Jobs? A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Low and Middle Income Countries
Grimm, Michael - 2014
Worldwide 600 million jobs are needed over the next 15 years to keep employment rates at their current level. Governments, non-governmental organizations and donors spend on targeted programs and broader policies to enhance employment creation and the creation of new firms. Because most...
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