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Innovation, human capital and earning distribution: towards a dynamic life-cycle approach

Vona, Francesco; Consoli, Davide - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

knowledge. The dynamic life-cycle approach elaborated in the second part provides a coherent account of the evidence, and … indicates interesting implications for innovation and educational policies. …

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The Development of Knowledge in Portugal: A Slow and Unsustainable Progress

Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Abstract Development of knowledge in Portugal occurred late and slowly, mainly as a result of political and … institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given …

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The distribution of adult training among European unemployed: Evidence from recent surveys

Badescu, Mircea; Garrouste, Christelle; Loi, Massimo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The importance of a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly relevant in the context of the European Union’s new strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth — ‘Europe 2020’. Policies encouraging wide participation in continuing training are therefore an important...

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School-to-work transitions in Europe: Paths towards a permanent contract

Garrouste, Christelle; Loi, Massimo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

In a context of intensive and global economic competition, European countries are growingly concerned with the consequences of increasing numbers of young people temporarily or permanently prevented from entering the job market and the difficulties faced by college and university graduates to...

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100 years of educational reforms in Europe: a contextual database

Garrouste, Christelle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This report presents the macro data on educational reforms collected for the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The first and chore part provides an analytical overview of the educational reforms that may have affected the skill level of Europe’s elderly population....

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Education and Long-Term Unemployment

Garrouste, Christelle; Kozovska, Kornelia; Arjona … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper investigates the relationship between education and long-term unemployment when considering regional economic differences and other relevant variables at the individual and at the local level, using data from the 2004-2006 EU-SILC (11 countries). The analysis has been run using both a...

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Childhood, Schooling and Income Inequality

Cavapozzi, Danilo; Garrouste, Christelle; Paccagnella, Omar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Parental or socioeconomic background plays an important role in determining employment outcomes during the individual whole life-cycle. The extent to which individuals move (up or down) the social ladder relative to one¿s parents is known as inter-generational social mobility. In a relatively...

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The employability of young graduates in Europe: Analysis of the ET2020 benchmark

Garrouste, Christelle; Rodrigues, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The Education Council has adopted in May 2012 a new benchmark on the employability of graduates from education and training that aims at measuring the contribution of education and training to the transition from education to employment. This new benchmark is defined as the share of young people...

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An analysis of the Graduate Labour Market in Finland: the impact of Spatial Agglomeration and Skill-Job Mismatches

Consoli, Davide; Vona, Francesco; Saarivirta, Toni - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The recent history of Finland has been shaped by the rollercoaster of the 1990s when the economy went from deep recession to becoming among the most innovative and competitive within merely a decade. Economic recovery driven by the surge of ICT-related industries with the active support of the...

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Employment and sustainable development: education, training and R&D in the regulation of the labour market

Kovács, Ilona; Chagas Lopes, Margarida - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

consequently a break with the prevailing model of society and learning and knowledge sharing within modern societies. In the first …, Vocational Training and – desirably – Innovation in that regulation process . We stress that sustainable development imply an …

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