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We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with vacant skilled job slots can choose between recruitment...
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We model individual careers in sports and games from initial entry to eventual exit or success as a discrete-choice, finite-horizon optimization problem. We apply this model to the international game of chess and study cross-country differences in the relative success of players. While we find...
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Having leader positions at school, as well as participating in sports and clubs helps promoting valuable non cognitive skills, including leadership, self-discipline, motivation, competitiveness and self-esteem. We use survey data from the US and Japan to investigate whether these behaviors in...
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Die Fähigkeit der Menschen und der Unternehmen, Innovationen hervorzubringen, d. h. neues Wissen zu schaffen und in neue marktfähige Produkte und Dienstleistungen umzusetzen, ist von herausragender Bedeutung für Wachstum und Wohlstand in hochentwickelten Industrieländern. Das DIW Berlin hat...
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Innovationsfähigkeit ist in den hoch entwickelten Industrieländern die wichtigste Quelle für Wohlstand und Wachstum. Das DIW Berlin hat in diesem Jahr zum zweiten Mal im Auftrag der Deutsche Telekom Stiftung und des Bundesverbandes der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) einen Gesamtindikator für die...
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