Tag: Economics and Econometrics
Output-based wages were linked to higher quality and slower task work
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Study shows output-based pay leads to higher quality and more time per task unit than time-based pay, suggesting compensation structure signals performance standards.
Hometown-return entrepreneurship boosts agricultural resilience
Study evaluates China’s hometown-return entrepreneurship policy impact on agricultural economic resilience using panel data from 2005 counties, finding stronger policy effects in western regions.
Digitalization is linked to lower youth unemployment in Kazakhstan
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Study analyzes digitalization’s impact on youth unemployment in Kazakhstan using ARDL analysis, finding 1% Internet increase reduces youth unemployment by 0.27% in the short run.
Equity concentration lowered firm value in China’s high-tech manufacturing
Study examines how equity concentration affects firm value in China’s high-tech manufacturing sector during 2019-2023, accounting for COVID-19 pandemic impacts using instrumental variable.
Lack of allocative efficiency improvement explains much of the slowdown
Analysis shows allocative efficiency deterioration, driven partly by sectoral volatility, explains most US productivity slowdown in the 1970s and 2000s.
Most favored nation drug pricing may lower industry research revenue
Analysis of most favored nation drug pricing as policy mechanism to reduce international price disparities and effects on pharmaceutical research investment and innovation.
Task content explains most within-occupation inequality growth
General equilibrium model shows task content changes within occupations drove most of the within-occupation wage inequality growth from 1980 to 2000.
Education and discrimination explain much of the U.S. gender wage gap
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Review of gender wage gap drivers in the U.S., examining statistical discrimination, human capital models, and occupational segregation as explanations for persistent income inequality.
FinTech and board characteristics are linked to higher cash holdings in Jordanian banks
Study of 14 Jordanian banks (2009–2024) reveals significant positive associations between FinTech adoption, board characteristics, and cash holdings, supporting agency and consumer theory.
Digital economy is linked to better rural economy–environment coordination in China
Analysis of how digital economy expansion impacts coordinated rural economic and environmental development across Chinese provinces, revealing threshold effects and regional spillovers.
