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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?
Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...
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On the Sources of Convergence: A Close Look at the Spanish Regions
de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
We investigate the sources of productivity convergence using panel data for the Spanish regions. As a framwork, we develop a simple descriptive growth model which allows for factor accumulation, technological diffusion and rate effects from human capital and which includes fixed regional effects...
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Vertical Integration and Technology: Theory and Evidence
Acemoglu, Daron; Aghion, Philippe; Griffith, Rachel; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
relationship between technology intensity and vertical integration from a simple incomplete contracts model. Then, we investigate … find that the technology intensities of downstream (producer) and upstream (supplier) industries have opposite effects on … measures of technology intensity, with alternative estimation strategies, and with or without controlling for a number of firm …
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Machines as Engines of Growth
Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
This paper builds a model of growth through industrialization, as machines replace workers in a growing number of tasks. This enables the economy to experience long-run growth, as machines become servants of humans, and as their number can grow unboundedly. The mechanism that drives growth is...
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Technology, Transfer and Spillovers: Does Local Participation With Multinationals Matter?
Blomström, Magnus; Sjöholm, Fredrik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper examines the effects on technology transfer and spillovers deriving from ownership sharing of foreign …
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Cross-Country Growth Comparison: Theory to Empirics
Quah, Danny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
of knowledge and technology in economic growth. …
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Accounting for Cross-Country Income Differences
Caselli, Francesco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Why are some countries so much richer than others? Development Accounting is a first-pass attempt at organizing the answer around two proximate determinants: factors of production and efficiency. It answers the question ‘how much of the cross-country income variance can be attributed to...
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Human Capital and Productivity in Manufacturing during the Twentieth Century: Britain, Germany and the United States
Broadberry, Stephen N; Wagner, Karin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
In this paper we relate trends in the accumulation of human capital in Britain, Germany and the United States to overall production strategy and productivity trends. In the United States a strategy of standardized mass production led to high levels of labour productivity and concentration on the...
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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: New Econometric Evidence
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This Paper uses a unique dataset (covering about 3 million Hungarian wage earners, from 1986 to 1998) and a novel procedure to correct sample selection bias (based on DiNardo,...
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After, Before and During: Returns to Education in Hungary (1986-1998)
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
How valuable are the skills acquired under socialism in a market economy? This Paper throws light on this question using unique data covering the years before and during transition (1986-98) for about 3 million Hungarian wage earners. We find that returns to a year of schooling increased by 75%...
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