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How well does education travel? Education and occupation with and without migration

Gächter, August; Smoliner, Stefanie - 2010

, differences in school quality across continents of origin, imperfect knowledge of the evaluation of foreign credentials on the …

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Gender gap in the CIS region

Rokicka, Magdalena - 2008

The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) region, with a special focus given to countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP)1. The analysis is conducted in several dimensions: labour participation,...

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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion

Mara, Isilda - 2012

This report describes the migration patterns of Romanian migrants in Italy before and after the accession of Romania into the European Union (EU). The findings and the main results presented throughout the report were collected by carrying out a survey in three main cities of Italy Milan, Turin...

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Three Empirical Essays on the Long-Run Consequences of Early-Life Living Conditions

Neelsen, Sven - 2012

This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...

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Knowledge based firms from Central and East European countries: A comparative overview of case studies

Woodward, Richard; Yörük, Deniz Eylem; Radosevic, Slavo - 2011

This paper focuses on knowledge-based entrepreneurship, or new firm creation in industries which are considered to be … studies of thirteen knowledge-based firms in six ECE countries, we suggest that KBE firms in these countries may differ in … some important ways from the conventional picture of new technology based firms. In general, we see the ECE knowledge …

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Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship and opportunities in two Polish industries

Woodward, Richard; Wojnicka, Elçzbieta; Pander, Wojciech - 2012

Following the broad overview of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE), or new firm creation in industries … (Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an analysis of two Sectoral Innovation Systems (Malerba, 2002) in the … role of "knowledge customizers" rather than "knowledge creators"; in an international comparison, even with other post …

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Innovation systems and knowledge-intensive enterpreneurship: A country case study of Poland

Woodward, Richard; Wojnicka, Elçzbieta; Pander, Wojciech - 2012

Innovation System, and then focus on KIE itself. Our findings are perhaps more optimistic than many previous studies of knowledge …This study surveys the current state of affairs in Poland with regard to the development of knowledge … which universities are playing a significant role as partners for firms in the innovation process has increased …

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