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Ethnic inventors, diversity and innovation in the UK: evidence from patents microdata

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … ‘ethnicity-innovation’ channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via ‘star’ migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …

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Structure of labour market and unemployment in Sudan

Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014

This paper examines the structure of the labour market and unemployment in Sudan. One advantage of our analysis is that we explain several stylized facts on the labour market using new secondary data on population, employment and unemployment based on Sudan Central Bureau of Statistics 2010 the...

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Making your own future: Expectations and occupation choice

Tacsir, Ezequiel - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2010

to increase our knowledge about the timing and the source of information about wages and other forms of rewards. Taking …

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Centre-based versus home-based childcare

Bauchmüller R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...

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Does Social Capital Improve Labour Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises?

Sabatini, Fabio - EconWPA - 2005

This paper carries out an empirical assessment of the relationship between social capital and labour productivity in small and medium enterprises in Italy. By means of structural equations models, the analysis investigates the effect of different aspects of the multifaceted concept of social...

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The impact of the minimum wage on Spanish youth: Evidence from a natural experiment

Antón, José-Ignacio; Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This work assesses the impact of the minimum wage on youth employment, unemployment and education enrolment in Spain. Using a difference-in-differences approach, we take advantage of the fact that the minimum wage for people aged 16 and 17 years old, which was approximately two thirds the level...

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Elección de ocupación: factores personales y aspectos sociales

Tacsir, Ezequiel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The advancement towards knowledge-based societies has modiﬁed the labor markets and qualiﬁcation requirements. In this …

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Post-reform Trends in Wage-Differentials: A Decomposition Analysis for India

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Wage inequality often creates much broader socio-economic inequality and may even accentuate them. For attaining equitable development convergence in wages and earnings is therefore desirable. This paper explores trends and patterns in wage differentials in India in the post reform period. Using...

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Women Employment in The New Economy: Clouds and Some Sunshine

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The last decade has witnessed greater participation of women in the labour market, especially in new arenas of economic activity. While opportunities have increased, traditional biases against women still exist, both while accepting women as workers and while wage setting. This paper explores...

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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy

Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

There is wide consensus that entrepreneurial talent is the ability to discover and exploit market opportunities by taking the relevant risky decisions. Discovery and exploitation are separate but interlinked features of entrepreneurship requiring, in different proportions, the exploitation of...

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