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The impact of national ICT qualification systems on companies' recruitment practices: an Anglo-German comparison
Steedman, Hilary; Wagner, Karin - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 40 (2007) 2/3, pp. 235-249
The aim of this study is to analyse and assess the contrasting national skills policies associated with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) skill supply in Britain and Germany. We also aim to examine the impact of these strategies on firms and to assess the utilization of skills at...
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Flexibility and security in the labour market: An analysis of the governance of inequality
Crouch, Colin - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 43 (2010) 1, pp. 17-38
The financial crisis drew attention to the way in which workers in certain countries had been able to sustain consumption through housing and consumer credit despite insecure labour-market positions. This indicates a need to expand the analysis of the relationship between flexibility and...
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ifo Branchen-Dialog 2019
Schricker, Julia - In: ifo Schnelldienst 73 (2020) 01, pp. 58-59
Neben Branchenprognosen zu den einzelnen Wirtschaftssektoren stand beim 19. ifo Branchen-Dialog im Industrieforum die Frage nach der Notwendigkeit einer aktiveren Industriepolitik in Deutschland im Mittelpunkt. Im Handelsforum lag der Fokus auf dem Thema digitale Marktplätze und Plattformen....
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - In: IZA Journal of Migration 5 (2016) 24, pp. 1-19
trade on the 'sending' countries in Africa, with attention to their economic, institutional, demographic, and social … implications. Next, I evaluate the consequences of the slave trade on the 'receiving' countries in the Americas. Here, I …
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The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce. Part 2: Risk and Return Using Efficient Portfolio Analysis
Reichert, Alan K.; Wall, Larry D.; Liang, Hsin-yu - In: Economic Review 93 (2008)
In the first part (in the previous issue of Economic Review) of this two-part study, the authors identified a number of possible benefits from combining banking and commerce, including portfolio diversification, the creation of internal capital markets, and economies of scale and scope. This...
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The Final Frontier: The Integration of Banking and Commerce. Part 1: The Likely Outcome of Eliminating the Barrier
Wall, Larry D.; Reichert, Alan K.; Liang, Hsin-yu - In: Economic Review 93 (2008)
The policy debate on whether to strengthen or to remove the legal barriers between banking and commerce has paid little attention to what the practical effects of removing the barriers would be. To help answer this question, this article, the first part of a two-part study, provides an overview...
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Globalisation as a 'good times' phenomenon: A search-based explanation
Edwards, T. Huw - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-24, pp. 1-48
recessions tend to lead to falling trade and protectionism. The sensitivity of trade to global economic conditions is not simply …
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Measuring Regional Spillovers in Long- and Short-Run Models of Total Factor Productivity, Trade, and FDI
Mitze, Timo - In: International Regional Science Review 37 (2014) 3, pp. 365-388
This article applies the novel concept of global panel cointegration to analyze the role played by trade and foreign … the period 1976–2008, the approach allows us to identify the magnitude of direct trade and FDI effects as well as spatial …
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Effect of international activity on firm performance
Wagner, Joachim - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
There is evidence that better performing firms tend to enter international markets. Internationally active firms are larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging in international activity are found especially in...
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Trade liberalization and gender inequality
Pieters, Janneke - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
. The political debate on the labor market impacts of international trade typically differentiates workers by their … educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a … globalizing world it is important to understand whether and how trade policy can contribute toward enhancing gender convergence in …
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