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Local Employer Competition and Training of Workers
Rzepka, Sylvi; Tamm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2013
The new training literature suggests that in a monopsonistic market employers will not only pay for firm-specific training but also for general training if the risk of poaching is limited. This implies that training participation should decrease when competition for employees is higher among...
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Italian industrial districts: a model of success or a weak productive system?
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110158
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Italian industrial districts: a model of success or a weak productive system?
Schilirò, Daniele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257913
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Procuring Innovation
Cabral, Luís M B; Cozzi, Guido; Denicolò, Vincenzo; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …
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Intangible training capital and productivity in Europe
O’Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper employs industry data, derived from linking the EU LFS to productivity accounts from EU KLEMS, to examine workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible investments by firms and cumulated to stocks so their...
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Human Capital Investment through Education and Training: an Overview
Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We present in this paper the real importance and very contemporary human capital investment. Through a quantitative analysis, we present the level of human capital accumulation that countries are able to achieve. We also examine the significant part occupied by educational expenditure in the...
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Gender Differences in Further Training Participation – The Role of Individuals, Households and Firms
Burgard, Claudia - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2012
Using the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper investigates the determinants of training participation in Germany, distinguishing between self-initiated and employer-initiated training. Self-initiated training is considered as being a decision within households rather than purely individual....
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Revisiting the Complementarity between Education and Training – The Role of Personality, Working Tasks and Firm Effects
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between education and training can be attributed to differences in observable characteristics, i.e. to individual, job and firm specific characteristics. The novelty of this paper is to analyze previously unconsidered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010533923
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Continuous Training, Job Satisfaction and Gender – An Empirical Analysis Using German Panel Data
Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für … - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender diff erences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and fi rm characteristics, we fi nd a diff erence between males...
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A Conceptual Model of National Skills Formation for Knowledge-based Economic Development
Schwalje, Wes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The movement of many countries towards knowledge-based economic development requires the transition to more effective … advancement towards knowledge-based economic development. There is currently no accepted general framework to analyze national … context of knowledge-based economic development and achievement of accompanying economic, political, and social objectives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643193