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Human capital over the life cycle : a European perspective

Sofer, Catherine (contributor) - 2004

Human Capital Over the Life Cycle synthesises comparative research on the processes of human capital formation in the areas of education and training in Europe, in relation to the labour market. The book proposes that one of the most important challenges faced by Europe today is to understand...

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Makeshift work in a changing labour market : the Swedish model in the post-financial crisis era

Garsten, Christina (contributor); … - 2015

'Whatever happened to the Swedish model? Once the prime example of a Nordic welfare state, Sweden's labour market is …, Sweden. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, people who had never before had cause to worry about losing their … jobs entered the ranks of the unemployed for the first time. In Sweden, the welfare state has been radically challenged and …

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Contingent employment in Europe and the United States

Storrie, Donald W. (contributor); … - 2003

contingent employment in Sweden -- 5. Contingent employment in Spain -- 6. Contingent employment in Germany -- 7. Flexible …

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Human capital policy : reducing inequality, boosting mobility and productivity

Neumark, David (ed.); Kim, Yong-seong (ed.); … - 2021

"This timely book evaluates international human capital policies, offering a comparative perspective on global efforts to generate new ideas and novel ways of thinking about human capital. Examining educational reforms, quality of education and links between education and socio-economic...

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Educating economists : the Teagle discussion on re-evaluating the undergraduate economics major

Colander, David C. (contributor); … - 2009

The economics major is a central part of a college education. But is that economics major doing what it is meant to do? And if not, how should it be changed? This book raises a set of provocative questions that encourage readers to look at the economics major in a different light than it is...

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Education and economic performance

Wolf, Alison - 2011

growth in Sweden and the World', Swedish Economic Policy Review, 6, 289-339. -- Leonhardt, D. (2009), 'The big fix', New York …

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The economics of the apprenticeship system

Smits, Wendy; Stromback, Thorsten - 2001

The past ten years have witnessed a renewed interest in the apprenticeship system of industrial training. Employers have been shown to carry a large part of the cost of essentially general training with apparent little return to the firm - a problem which has generated a wide range of literature...

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The emergence of entrepreneurial behaviour : intention, education and orientation

Santos, Susana C. (contributor); … - 2017

Contents: 1. Contributions on entrepreneurial behaviour research / Susana C. Santos, Craig Mitchell, Hans Landström, Alain Fayolle and António Caetano -- Part I: The entrepreneur as an individual and the theory of planned behaviour -- 2. Connecting the literature dots: a literature review on...

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Regulating working-time transitions in Europe

O'Reilly, Jacqueline (contributor) - 2003

1. Introduction -- 2. Working-time transitions in Sweden -- 3. Regulating working-time transitions in Germany -- 4 …

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Entrepreneurship and the growth of firms

Davidsson, Per - 2006

-growth firms and their contribution to employment : the case of Sweden 1987-96 / Per Davidsson, Frédéric Delmar -- Arriving at the …

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