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Equalizing Superstars : The Internet and the Democratization of Education

Acemoglu, Daron - 2014

Educational resources distributed via the Internet are rapidly proliferating. One prominent concern associated with these potentially transformative developments is that, as many of the leading technologies of the last several decades have been, these new sweeping technological changes will be...

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Twin-peaks : what the knowledge-based approach can say about the dynamics of the world income distribution

Pyka, Andreas; Krüger, Jens; Cantner, Uwe - 1999 - [Electronic ed.]

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The role of market competition for knowledge competencies, R&D and innovation : an empirical analysis for German firms

Abdul Basit, Shoaib; Kuhn, Thomas; Cantner, Uwe - In: European journal of management studies : EJMS 27 (2022) 2, pp. 229-253

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Knowledge spillovers through FDI and trade : moderating role of quality-adjusted Human Capital

Ali, Muhammad; Cantner, Uwe; Roy, Ipsita - 2015

examining inter-relationship between knowledge spillovers from imports and inward FDI. Moreover, human capital is added to the … discussion as one of the appropri- ability conditions for knowledge spillovers. However, in comparison to most studies that rely …, a strong complementary rela- tionship is found between knowledge spillovers through the channels of imports and inward …

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The race between machine and man : implications of technology for growth, factor shares and employment

Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2016

We examine the concerns that new technologies will render labor redundant in a framework in which tasks previously performed by labor can be automated and new versions of existing tasks, in which labor has a comparative advantage, can be created. In a static version where capital is fixed and...

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Low-skill and high-skill automation

Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2017

We present a task-based model in which high- and low-skill workers compete against machines in the production of tasks. Low-skill (high-skill) automation corresponds to tasks performed by low-skill (high-skill) labor being taken over by capital. Automation displaces the type of labor it directly...

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Minimum Wages and On-the-Job Training

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Acemoglu, Daron - 2008

Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. In contrast, in noncompetitive labor markets, minimum wages tend to increase training of...

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Certification of Training and Training Outcomes

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2003

External certification of workplace skills obtained through on-the-job training is widespread in many countries. This may indicate that training is financed by workers, and certification serves to assure the quality of the training offered by the firm. However, other evidence shows that general...

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Minimum wages and on-the-job training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2001

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Minimum wages and on-the-job training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2001

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