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Workers on the move: migrated labour in post-reform india
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Migration is a universal phenomenon. From time immemorial women and men have travelled in search of better living. Historical nomadic instinct of man had been in tune with his necessities – more endurable climate, adequate water supply, fertile land and general availability of resources have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260183
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076902
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009294926
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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
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General equilibrium models on skill acquisition and economic development: some comments
Bobkova, Nina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Deme et al. (2005, DFN) present a general equilibrium model for the case of Lesotho with a rising step skill acquisition function. DFN show that only a large amount of government expenditure on education, training and skill acquisition can pull the economy out of its inertia. As a comment on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740592
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Are all migrants really worse off in urban labour markets: new empirical evidence from China.
Gagnon, Jason; Xenogiani, Theodora; Xing, Chunbing - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The rapid and massive increase in rural-to-urban worker flows to the coast of China has drawn recent attention to the welfare of migrants working in urban regions, particularly to their working conditions and pay; serious concern is raised regarding pay discrimination against rural migrants....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005040690
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005134471
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062485
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407818
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Knowledge-based Economic Development as a Unifying Vision in a Post-awakening Arab World
Schwalje, Wes - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This article traces the evolution of knowledge-based economic development in the Arab World. In pursuing this objective … effectiveness of Arab investments in human capital shows marginal progress towards knowledge-based development over the last decade … employers relegates Arab businesses to contesting lower-skilled, non-knowledge intensive industries which has stalled knowledge …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009001187