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Incentive Schemes in Export and Investment Promotions
Arozamena, Leandro; Weinschelbaum, Federico - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the use of incentive mechanisms for employees in export and investment promotion agencies intended to improve their performance. It briefly describes these organizations and presents the contributions from economic theory that are useful to understand the agency problems that...
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The Effect of Temporary Contracts on Human Capital Accumulation in Chile
Carpio, Susana; Giuliodori, David; Rucci, Graciana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper studies the probability of receiving employer-paid training and other training independent of who finances it for permanent and temporary workers in Chile. The authors use data from the Social Protection Survey, EPS, allowing them to construct a panel of workers with information from...
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Background paper for "Technology and knowledge for economic growth and employment in Europe"
Handler, Heinz; Cameron, Gavin F.; Falk, Martin; Falk, Rahel - In: Growth and employment through innovation. 2005
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Interactive unawareness and speculative trade
Heifetz, Aviad (contributor); Meier, Martin (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The accession of Spain and Portugal to the European Community
Buysse, Didier - 1984
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Beef production in southern Europe
Poitevin, Jean; Mollard, Michel; Picon, Eugenio - 1977
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Innovation Policy and Employment: Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina
Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Rojo, Sofía; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
classified as either support for process innovation or support for product innovation. Although these types of programs do not … difference in differences were combined. The study found that by supporting both process and product innovation … product innovation activities. …
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Innovation Strategies and Employment in Latin American Firms
Crespi, Gustavo; Zuñiga, Pluvia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
This study examines the impact of innovation strategies on employment growth in four Latin American countries … (Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, and Uruguay) using micro-data for manufacturing firms from innovation surveys. Building on the … model proposed by Harrison et al. (2008), we relate employment to three innovation strategies: make only (R&D), buy only …
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Technology and the wealth of nations : the dynamics of constructed advantage
Foray, Dominique (ed.); Freeman, Christopher (contributor) - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - 1993 - 1. publ.
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