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Are firm innovativeness and firm age relevant for the supply of vocational tranining? : a study based on Swiss micro data
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor) - 2008
intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …-ups ; training ; innovation ; firm age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767755
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Determinants of growth and convergence in a growing economy with heterogeneous entrepreneurs
Dohse, Dirk (contributor); Ott, Ingrid (contributor) - 2008
growth and convergence of an economy towards the world technology frontier. -- Growth ; skills ; innovation ; selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782309
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The "forgotten" middle class : an analysis of the effects of globalisation
Pleninger, Regina; Haan, Jakob de; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2019
This paper studies the effects of globalisation on the income share of the middle class. Our findings suggest that globalisation, proxied by the KOF Economic Globalisation Index, reduces the income share of the middle class. The income share of the poorest 20% also drops due to globalisation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130087
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A comparison of firm-level innovation cooperation in five European countries
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Bolli, Thomas - 2009
This paper compares the determinants and the effects of innovation cooperation on innovation performance at firm level … in five European countries: Belgium, Germany, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland. In a first step we analyse cooperation …. In a third step we investigate the impact of all four categories of cooperation on innovation performance. -- national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909643
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Theoretical and methodological framework for measuring the robustness of social institutions in education and training
Renold, Ursula; Rageth, Ladina; Caves, Katherine; … - 2017
Social institutions are relatively stable patterns of behavior or joint action that help overcome fundamental problems and perform a function in society. The robustness of such institutions underlies their effectiveness at solving problems, but such robustness is difficult to assess. Building on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061304
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Firm training and wage rigidity
Lechthaler, Wolfgang (contributor) - 2008
Although wage rigidity is among the most prominent subjects in modern economics, its effects on wage compression and firm training have thus far not been considered. This paper is trying to bridge this gap by using a simple two period model which can still by analyzed analytically. I am able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003757576
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Training propensity of start-ups in Switzerland : a study based on data for the start-up cohort 1996 - 97
Arvanitis, Spyridon (contributor);  … - 2008
propensity to train apprentices. -- start-ups ; training ; innovation ; firm age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767757
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Measurement of labor quality growth : caused by unobservable characteristics
Zurlinden, Mathias (contributor); Bolli, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
The standard economy-wide indices of labor quality (or human capital) largely ignore the role of unobservable worker characteristics. In this paper, we develop a methodology for identifying the contributions of both observable and unobservable worker characteristics in the presence of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003767771
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Employee education, information and communication technology, workplace organization and trade : a comparative analysis of Greek and Swiss enterprises
Arvanitis, Spyridon; Loukis, Euripidis N. - 2009
This paper aims at investigating empirically at the firm level the effect of the use of modern information and communication technologies (ICT), and also of two other factors, the adoption of new forms of workplace organization and trade (export) activities, on the demand for employees with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909657
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Unionisation structures and heterogeneous firms
Braun, Sebastian - 2009
The effects of unions on productivity and firm performance have been the topic of extensive research. Existing studies have, however, primarily focused on firm-level bargaining and on markets that are characterised by a small and fixed number of identical firms. This paper studies how different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929223