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Human Capital and Labour Productivity, Integration of Institutions and Endogenous Growth

Delsen, Lei; Schonewille, Mark - EconWPA - 1999

This paper is part of a project that attempts to reveal the way labour market institutions, human capital and labour productivity are interconnected. First we discuss two approaches in the human capital theory, stressing some difficulties that could be solved if the approaches are combined. It...

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Human Capital: Infrastructural and Superstructural Constraints to Economic Performance across U.S. Native American Reservations and Trust Lands

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

The current research emphasis on institutions as key determinants of economic performance, rather than on resources and resource productivity, has uncovered important questions for further research. For example, if institutions are central to economic performance, then what explains observed...

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Economic Performance in a Cross-Section of U.S. Native American Economies

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S - EconWPA - 2004

Institutions either promote or constrain economic performance, but which parts of institutions advance or restrict performance, and why do economies sharing similar institutions sometimes perform differently? This paper is a modest attempt at addressing a small part of these questions. It...

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Do Computers Call for Training? Firm-level Evidence on Complementarities Between ICT and Human Capital Investments

Hempell, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003

This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training programmes are complementary. Three approaches are applied to panel data from German service companies for the time period 1994?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor...

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Age-dependent Skill Formation and Returns to Education

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Reuß, Karsten - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

In this study, we try to connect the economic literature on human capital formation with findings from neurobiology and psychology on early childhood development and self-regulation. Our basic framework for assessing the distribution of agespecific returns to investment in skills is an...

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Violence in European schools: victimization and consequences

Ammermüller, Andreas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Violence at schools is a well-known problem in many societies. This paper assesses the degree of school violence in 11 European countries and analyzes the determinants of being a victim and its effect on student performance. The study draws on the international TIMSS 2003 and the British...

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Founder's human capital, entry strategies and start-up size

Gottschalk, Sandra; Müller, Kathrin; Niefert, Michaela - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

knowledge acquired through formal education and professional experience and usually coincides with a higher personal wealth … distinguish between different types of entry strategies. On the one hand, we look at entry strategies based on innovation. We … measure innovation by a variable which indicates if a firm carries out continuous R&D. On the other hand, entry is classified …

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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence on educational and health outcomes

Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2011

In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family...

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Determinants of Economic Growth and the Role of Human Capital in New Growth Models [in Turkish]

Kibritcioglu, Aykut - EconWPA - 2005

This paper briefly summarizes and discusses that type of new growth models which are based on externalities created by investments in human capital. ***** TURKCE OZET: Bu makalede, yeni/içsel buyume modellerinin beseri sermayeye dayali turlerini ozetlemekte ve degerlendirmektedir. [Calisma...

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Smart Cities: Explaining the Relationship between City Growth and Human Capital

Shapiro, Jesse M. - EconWPA - 2003

contrasts with the standard argument that human capital generates growth in urban areas solely through local knowledge …

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