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Evaluating the effect of tax deductions on training

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - EconWPA - 2002

Due to a tax law implemented in 1998, Dutch employers can claim an extra tax deduction when they train employees aged 40 years or older. This causes a discontinuity in a firm's cost of training an employee. We exploit this discontinuity to identify two effects: the effect of the tax deduction on...

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The e ect of financial rewards on students achievement: Evidence from a randomized experiment

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Klaauw, Bas van der - EconWPA - 2004

This paper reports about a randomized field experiment in which first year economics and business students at the University of Amsterdam could earn financial rewards for passing the first year requirements within one year. Participants were assigned to a high, low and zero (control) reward...

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Innovation and training: a dynamic count data model

Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007

This paper explores the relationship between innovation and vocational training. We consider a linear feedback model to … vocational training have a positive impact on the technological innovation. …

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Firms’ human capital, R&D and innovation: a study on French firms

Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

This article investigates the effects of human capital and technological capital on innovation. While the role of … been made on the effect of employee training on innovation. This article explores the relationship between innovation and … training our results show that the firm employee training has a positive impact on technological innovation. …

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Vocational Training and Innovation

Legros, Diego; Gallié, Emilie-Pauline - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008

thanks to a continuous process of knowledge and externalities accumulation (Aghion and Howitt, 1998). In that context, this … paper explores the relationship between innovation and vocational training. Our methodological approach allows to contribute … whatever the indicators, vocational training has a positive impact on the technological innovation. …

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New evidence on the effect of time in school on early achievement

Leuven, Edwin; Lindahl, Mikael; Oosterbeek, Hessel; … - EconWPA - 2004

This study estimates the effect of expanding enrollment possibilities in early eduction on the achievement of young children. To do so it exploits two features of the Dutch schooling system. First, children are allowed to enroll in school on their fourth birthday. Second, children having their...

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French firms’ strategies for protecting their intellectual property

Legros, Diego; Gallié, Emilie-Pauline - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

relates to the type of innovation, the characteristics of the market sector in which they operate, the firms’ characteristics …

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