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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers' knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264329
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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations
Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - CESifo - 2008
implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405807
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International migration and "educated unemployment"
Stark, Oded; Fan, C. Simon - 2006
This paper provides a novel explanation of 'educated unemployment,' which is a salient feature of the labor markets in a number of developing countries. In a simple job-search framework we show that 'educated unemployment' is caused by the perspective of international migration, that is, by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011470813
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Immigration, offshoring and American jobs
Ottaviano, Gianmarco I.P.; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - 2010
How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...
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Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of nonmigrants when preferences are social
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2019
We study how the work effort and output of non-migrants in a village economy are affected when a member of the village population migrates. Given that individuals dislike low relative income, and that migration modifies the social space of the non-migrants, we show why and how the non-migrants...
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A critical comparison of migration policies : entry fee versus quota
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz; Casarico, Alessandra; … - 2017
We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665686
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The labor market effects of opening the border : evidence from Switzerland
Beerli, Andreas; Peri, Giovanni - 2017
with highly-educated natives, particularly strong in highskilled manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services, contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695264
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A critical comparison of migration policies : entry fee versus quota
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz; Casarico, Alessandra; … - 2017
We ask which migration policy a developed country will choose when its objective is to attain the optimal skill composition of the country's workforce, and when the policy menu consists of an entry fee and a quota. We compare these two policies under the assumptions that individuals are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770608
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How admitting migrants with any skills can help overcome a shortage of workers with particular skills
Stark, Oded; Byra, Łukasz - 2018
A country that experiences a shortage of workers with particular skills naturally considers two responses: import skills or produce them. Skill import may result in large-scale migration, which will not be to the liking of the natives. Skill production will require financial incentives, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929244
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How admitting migrants with any skills can help overcome a shortage of workers with particular skills
Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz - 2018
A country that experiences a shortage of workers with particular skills naturally considers two responses: import skills or produce them. Skill import may result in large-scale migration, which will not be to the liking of the natives. Skill production will require financial incentives, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931033