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Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
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In this paper, we study human capital effects on economic growth of Portugal from 1960 to 2001. By using VAR and … cointegration analyses, we obtain 0.42 long-run estimate for human capital elasticity, 0.30 long-run estimate for internal knowledge … between human capital and innovation capability. These estimates seem to confirm that human capital and indigenous innovation …
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knowledge. Three long-term outcomes emerge. First, a "Secularization" or "Western-European" regime with declining religiosity …, unimpeded science, a passive Church and high levels of taxes and transfers. Second, a "Theocratic" regime with knowledge …
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between FDI, Human Capital and Innovation at a corporate level. Based on a set of large and innovative firms (national and …
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I argue that distinguishing between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy beyond the crucial early childhood years affects the relationship between life expectancy and schooling in a meaningful way. In particular, I show that while the change in life expectancy at birth between 1960 and...
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growth. It is also shown that the interaction between human capital and structural change towards high knowledge … period of analysis. Specifically, in the long term and in developed countries, where knowledge-intensive industries already … specialization in high-tech and knowledge-intensive activities emerged as negative. …
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Despite the importance of human capital stock to the economic growth of countries, its analysis has been restricted to more developed countries or to cross-country samples from a set of countries. Due to a lack of estimates for this variable in less developed countries, it has not been possible...
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Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
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This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...
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This Paper claims that technical progress induces early retirement of older workers. It supports this claim both theoretically and empirically. We present a model where part of human capital is technology-specific, so that technical progress erodes some existing human capital. This affects...
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