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Firm Size, Knowledge Intensity and Employment Generation: The Microeconometric Evidence for the Service Sector in Uruguay
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
-2009 Uruguayan service innovation surveys. The empirical evidence shows that the impact of product innovation on employment is …The employment impact of innovation in the heterogeneous universe of services was studied using data from the 2004 … positive, while process innovation appears to have no effect. The effect varies according to the skill level of the labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009366905
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Innovation, Firm Size, Technology Intensity, and Employment Generation in Uruguay: The Microeconometric Evidence
Aboal, Diego; Garda, Paula; Lanzilotta, Bibiana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
in terms of skills was studied, using data from manufacturing firms' innovation surveys, matched against economic … activity surveys. The impact of different innovation strategies was also analyzed, particularly producing technology vs …The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and employment, in terms of both its quantity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371000
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Does Technology in Schools Affect Repetition, Dropout and Enrollment? Evidence from Peru
Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Cristia, Julian; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
Many developing countries are allocating significant resources to expanding technology access in schools. Whether these investments will translate into measurable educational improvements remains an open question because of the limited evidence available. This paper contributes to filling that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943909
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Does ICT Increase Years of Education?: Evidence from Peru
Cristia, Julian; Czerwonko, Alejo Eduardo; Garofalo, Pablo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
A number of empirical studies have measured the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on test scores, yet there is a lack of empirical evidence on the effects of this type of intervention on drop-out and repetition rates, variables that have a direct impact on years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944445