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Human capital spending, inequality, and growth in middle-income Asia
Abrigo, Michael R. M.; Lee, Sang-Hyop; Park, Donghyun - 2017
Asia's rapid population aging fortifies the case for strengthening human capital investments. Further, the experience of the newly industrialized economies suggests that human capital investments will be a vital ingredient of the transition from middle income to high income. Those investments...
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Is the labor market vulnerability of less-educated men really about job competition? New insights from the United States
Gesthuizen, Maurice; Solga, Heike - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 3, pp. 205-221
There are various reasons why less-educated men have higher risks of labor market vulnerability - risks such as being unemployed or, if employed, having only low socioeconomic status. The commonly used argument is that these higher risks result from increased job competition caused by an...
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Explaining the evolution of educational attainment in the U.S.
Castro, Rui; Coen-Pirani, Daniele - 2015
We study the evolution of educational attainment of the 1932-1972 cohorts using a human capital investment model with heterogeneous learning ability. Inter-cohort variation in schooling is driven by changes in skill prices, tuition, and education quality over time, and average learning ability...
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Inequality during the early years: Child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
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Is information and communication technology (ICT) the right strategy for growth in Mexico?
Caudillo Sanchez, Francisco - 2006
Although empirical evidence available suggests that information and communication technologies (ICT) have positively contributed to important sectors of the Mexican economy, it is still unknown to which extent ICT have truly contributed to productivity among these sectors. The increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298525
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Sources of Knowledge Used by Entrepreneurial Firms in the European High-Tech Sector
Amoroso, Sara; Audretsch, David B.; Link, Albert N. - 2017
/her reliance on alternative sources of knowledge for exploring new business opportunities. The extant literature that is at the … crossroads between sources of knowledge and the experiential and intellectual base of an entrepreneur (i.e., dimensions of his …/her human capital) suggests that it is through experience and through education that an entrepreneur obtains knowledge. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055295
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Human capital and economic activity in urban America
Abel, Jaison R.; Gabe, Todd M. - 2008
area GDP per capita. Second, we develop measures of human capital that reflect the types of knowledge within U ….S. metropolitan areas. Regional knowledge stocks related to the provision of producer services and information technology are …
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Crecimiento y competitividad: los retos de la recuperación
Alcalá, Alcalá Francisco (contributor) - Fundación BBVA
El Informe 2013 Fundación BBVA-Ivie sobre crecimiento y competitividad, analiza los retos de la recuperación de la economía española. Constata que la economía española ha salido de la recesión, pero no de la crisis. Para dejarla atrás es necesario abordar, a corto y medio plazo,...
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Is information and communication technology (ICT) the right strategy for growth in Mexico?
Caudillo Sanchez, Francisco - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2006
Although empirical evidence available suggests that information and communication technologies (ICT) have positively contributed to important sectors of the Mexican economy, it is still unknown to which extent ICT have truly contributed to productivity among these sectors. The increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207063
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Crecimiento y competitividad: motores y frenos de la economía española
Pérez García, Pérez García Francisco (contributor) - Fundación BBVA
Este Informe Fundación BBVA-Ivie 2012, Crecimiento y competitividad. Motores y frenos de la economía española, analiza la trayectoria de la economía española durante la crisis. Pone el acento en los condicionantes y frenos a la salida de la misma, así como en los motores de las...
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