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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 …

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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 …

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Exploration or exploitation of knowledge from universities : does it make a difference?

Arvanitis, Spyridon; Wörter, Martin - In: Economics of innovation and new technology 24 (2015) 5/6, pp. 596-623

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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...

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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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Human capital formation, asymmetric information, and the dynamics of international migration

Stark, Oded; Chau, Nancy H. - 1998

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Human capital depletion, human capital formation, and migration : a blessing in a "curse"

Stark, Oded; Helmenstein, Christian; … - 1998

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Inducing human capital formation : migration as a substitute for subsidies

Stark, Oded; Wang, Yong - 2001

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Why Would Some Migrants Choose to Engage in Degrading Work?

Stark, Oded; Fan, Chengze Simon - 2011

This paper develops a model of voluntary migration into degrading work. The essence of the model is a tension between two “bads” that which arises from being relatively deprived at home, and that which arises from engaging in humiliating work away from home. Balancing between these two...

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Immigration, Jobs and Employment Protection : Evidence from Europe before and during the Great Recession

D'Amuri, Francesco; Peri, Giovanni - 2012

In this paper we analyse the impact of immigrants on the type and quantity of natives’ jobs. We use data on fifteen Western European countries during the 1996-2010 period. We find that immigrants, by taking up manual-routine type of occupations pushed natives towards more “complex”...

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