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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2021
' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …
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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants : comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...
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Exploring the causal relation between obesity and alcohol use, and educational outcomes
Vuik, Sabine; Devaux, Marion; Cecchini, Michele - 2019
Two of the most important health risk factors for children and young adults are obesity and alcohol use. These risk factors are known to affect health and wellbeing, but may also have an impact on educational outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess a potential causal relationship...
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Improving skills and their use in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés; Lehmann, Stephanie; Kim, Eun Jung - 2018
Cognitive skills, such as reading and numeric skills, are key determinants of wages, employment and long-term economic growth. Good cognitive skills also reduce poverty risk and improve non-material wellbeing, such as health and social cohesion. Non-cognitive skills, such as skills to use...
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Making Economic Growth more Socially Inclusive in Germany
Kappeler, Andreas - 2014
While past labour market reforms have been successful in terms of employment, the relative poverty risk and income inequality have remained broadly unchanged in recent years. Some social groups remain particularly vulnerable, including individuals in non-regular employment, the unemployed and...
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Exploring territorial knowledge dynamics through innovation biographies
Butzin, Anna; Widmaier, Brigitta - In: Regional studies 50 (2016) 2, pp. 220-232
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Exploration, exploitation and environmental innovation in agriculture : the case of variety mixture in France and Denmark
Labarthe, Pierre; Coléno, François; Enjalbert, Jérôme; … - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 172 (2021), pp. 1-13
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Innovation, industry and firm age : are there new knowledge production functions?
Pellegrino, Gabriele; Piva, Mariacristina - In: Eurasian business review 10 (2020) 1, pp. 65-95
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Multi-country collaborative innovation in the internationalisation process
Chebbi, Hela; Yahiaoui, Dorra; Thrassou, Alkis - In: International marketing review 34 (2017) 1, pp. 109-137
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How collaborative innovation system in a knowledge-intensive competitive alliance evolves? : an empirical study on China, Korea and Germany
Zhao, Jianyu; Wu, Guangdong; Xi, Xi; Na, Qi; Liu, Weiwei - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 137 (2018), pp. 128-146
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