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Title: Skill Based Management: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2019

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Abstract: This paper investigates the link between management practices and workforce skills in manufacturing firms, exploiting geographical variation in the supply of human capital. Skills measures are constructed using newly compiled data on universities and regional labour markets across 19 countries. Consistent with management practices being complementary with skills, we show that firms further away from universities employ fewer skilled workers and are worse managed, even after controlling for a rich set of observables and fixed effects. Analysis using regional skill premia suggests that variation in the price of skill drives these relationships.

Url: http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/dp1594.pdf

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Authors: Feng, Andy; Valero, Anna

Series Title: CEP Discussion Paper Series

Publication Number: 1594

Institution: Center for Economic Performance

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Publisher Location: London

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other

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