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Import Competition, Regional Divergence, and the Rise of the Skilled City
Quintana, Javier - 2021
This paper analyzes the contribution of import competition to the regional divergence among US metropolitan areas over recent decades. I document that the sharp rise in imports of Chinese manufacturing goods had a significant effect on the spatial skill polarization and the divergence of college...
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International competitiveness : where Pakistan stands?
Zia, Uzma (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003507783
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The opening up of Eastern Europe at 20 : jobs, skills, and "reverse maquiladoras" in Austria and Germany
Marin, Dalia - 2010
Many people in the European Union fear that Eastern Enlargement leads to major job losses. More recently, these fears about job losses have extended to high skill labor and IT jobs. The paper examines with unique firm level data whether these fears are justified for the two neighboring countries...
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Education and within groups earning inequality in Pakistan
Sial, Maqbool H.; Sarwar, Ghulam; Akram, Waseem - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 12 (2018) 1, pp. 183-197
of education in Pakistan. Utilizing four rounds of household level surveys conducted at national level during 2001 … have enlarged lower as well as upper tail of earning distribution causing further income inequality in Pakistan. Therefore …, general welfare and labor markets in Pakistan. …
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Human capital and the adoption of information and communications technologies : evidence from investment climate survey of Pakistan
Mughal, Mazhar; Diawara, Barassou - 2011
economy such as Pakistan is to improve its competitiveness. -- Human capital ; education ; ICT ; Pakistan …
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The nexus between higher education and economic growth : an empirical investigation for Pakistan
Chaudhary, Amatul R.; Iqbal, Asim; Gillani, Syed Yasir … - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 3 (2009), pp. 1-9
The study investigates the role of higher education in economic growth for Pakistan between 1972 and 2005 using the … examines whether higher education affect long run economic growth in Pakistan. The empirical analysis reveals that there is a …
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Revisiting the relationship between ability and sheepskin effects of schooling on individual earnings : the case of Pakistan
Shabbir, Tayyeb - In: Pakistan journal of commerce and social sciences 12 (2018) 2, pp. 419-442
-Lagunes and Light (2010) for the U. S., Riddle (2008) for Canada and Shabbir & Ashraf (2011) and Shabbir (2013) for Pakistan …. Shabbir and Ashraf (2011) summarily reports that the sheepskin effects for rural Pakistan persist in the face of controls for … reconfirms that significant sheepskin effects exist for rural Pakistan for diplomas obtained by completing primary, high school …
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Globalisierung in der Wirtschaftskrise : wie sicher sind die Jobs in Deutschland?
Schrader, Klaus; Laaser, Claus-Friedrich - 2009
Die globale Wirtschaftskrise hinterlässt ihre Spuren zunehmend auch auf den internationalen Arbeitsmärkten. Angesichts dramatischer Nachfrageeinbrüche auf den globalen Märkten für Güter und Dienstleistungen stehen Produktionskapazitäten und damit die Beschäftigung in den meisten...
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Metanational learning in TFT-LCD industry : an organizing framework
Asakawa, Kazuhiro (contributor) - 2007
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