Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 453
Cover Image
Investment in human capital within the creative economy formation : case of the Eastern and Central Europe countries
Londar, Sergiy; Lytvynchuk, Andrii; Versal, Nataliia; … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 129-148
The purpose of the article is to determine the link between investing in human cap- ital and the formation of the creative economy. Given that human capital is consid- ered both a factor in the socio-economic development of countries and a prerequisite for the formation of the creative economy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419462
Cover Image
Reduction of an economy's raw material dependence and the human capital of a country
Perepelkin, Viacheslav; Perepelkina, Elena - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 20 (2017) 1, pp. 53-73
This paper evaluates the raw material dependence of two export-oriented oil and gas extracting countries. We find evidence of presence of the Dutch disease in both countries and of the resource curse in Russia. Reduction of volumes of crude oil and natural gas production and exports, compensated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869911
Cover Image
The determinants of high school closures: lessons from longitudinal data throughout Illinois
Billger, Sherrilyn M.; Beck, Frank D. - 2009
Facing substantial financial pressure, many districts close schools in order to preserve solvency and improve student outcomes. Using a new longitudinal data set on all non-Cook County Illinois schools, we examine the determinants of high school closure decisions from 1991 through 2005. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269593
Cover Image
Arbeitsmarkteffekte und finanzpolitische Folgen der demographischen Alterung in Deutschland
Bonin, Holger; Arnds, Pascal - 2003
Germany faces a demographic aging process which affects the working-age population first. This paper surveys some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262234
Cover Image
The working hours of immigrants in Germany: temporary versus permanent
Kahanec, Martin; Shields, Michael P. - 2010
Migration is often viewed as an investment decision. Temporary migrants can be expected to invest less in accumulating human capital specific to the host country. Instead, they work more hours in order to accumulate savings and invest in financial capital that can be transferred back to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269528
Cover Image
Der Arbeitsmarkt in Deutschland: zwischen Strukturreformen und sozialpolitischem Reflex
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Die Arbeitsmarktreformen der letzten Jahre haben die strukturellen Anpassungsprobleme des deutschen Beschäftigungsmodells zum Teil gelindert - allerdings sind noch längst nicht alle Schwierigkeiten überwunden. Für die Zukunft besteht die zentrale Herausforderung darin, eine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268294
Cover Image
Human capital and intellectual capital in modern international business - based on studies of the strategies of transnational corporations
Rosińska-Bukowska, Magdalena - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 22 (2019) 2, pp. 141-158
The main objective of the article is to discuss the direction of changes in the strategies of the most powerful transnational corporations as a result of adjustments to the new challenges created by the growing role of human capital in contemporary international business. Based on the concept of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012024113
Cover Image
The optimal timing of school tracking
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004
tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study how relative demand shifts toward more general skills and changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261767
Cover Image
Who starts a business and who is self-employed in Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Kritikos, Alexander S.; Rusakova, Alina - 2012
entrepreneurship in Germany between 1991 and 2010, the first two decades after reunification. We investigate the socioeconomic … increase in self-employment in Germany by 40 percent which can partly be attributed to the transformation process of East … Germany and to the shift to the service sector. We notice a yearly start-up rate of 1 percent among the working population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282293
Cover Image
Kick it like Özil? Decomposing the native-migrant education gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - 2012
secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283938