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Knowledge, inequality, and growth in the new economy
Nahuis, Richard - 2003
During the past two centuries, major technological breakthroughs such as the steam engine and electricity have acted as the catalysts for growth and have resulted in a marked increase in material well-being. The dominant technology today - information and communication technology (ICT) - does...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474134
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Segmented labor markets and labor mobility
Reich, Michael (contributor) - 2008
-88 -- Michael Piore (1971), 'The Dual Labor Market: Theory and Implications', in David M. Gordon (ed) (ed.), Problems in Political …. Edwards (1973), 'A Theory of Labor Market Segmentation', American Economic Review, 63 (2), May, 359-65 -- David M. Gordon …, 28 (4), July, 508-23 -- Glen G. Cain (1976), 'The Challenge of Segmented Labor Market Theories to Orthodox Theory: A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852242
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Culture and the labour market
Austen, Siobhan - 2003
Culture and the Labour Market attempts to define the meaning of culture and the nature of its possible consequences on economic processes and outcomes. In particular, the book examines alternative theoretical and empirical approaches to the economic analysis of cultural effects in the labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851317
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Explaining the gender wage gap : the missing aspects of discrimination
Sielska, Alicja - 2023
"This timely book offers a fascinating contemporary analysis of research into the gender pay gap while also providing important nuanced observations. It illustrates the variant methodologies that have been employed by researchers who have attempted to elucidate this challenging topic. Explaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437069
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Growth and economic development : essays in honour of A.P. Thirlwall
Thirlwall, A. P.; McCombie, J. S. L.; Arestis, Philip; … - 2006
demonstrates the considerable influence that his work on economic theory has had on his contemporaries, and the profession as a … / Mark Roberts -- Endogenous growth theory : a partial critique / Philip Arestis and Malcolm Sawyer -- The nature of economic … growth and the neoclassical approach. : more questions than answers? / John McCombie -- On the core of macroeconomic theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850558
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Measuring and improving productivity in services : issues, strategies and challenges
Djellal, Faridah - 2008
The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first part examines the theoretical consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850594
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Financing transportation networks
Levinson, David M. - 2002
explores the fundamental theoretical basis of highway finance, in particular the use of tolls, and supports that theory with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850597
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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
Paul Vlaar contends that strategic alliances and other forms of cooperation, such as buyer-supplier relationships, joint ventures and offshoring initiatives, increasingly stand at the basis of competitive advantage. Although contracts and trust play a crucial role in such relationships, prior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850599
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Handbook on the economic complexity of technological change
Antonelli, Cristiano (contributor) - 2011
This comprehensive and innovative Handbook applies the tools of the economics of complexity to analyse the causes and effects of technological and structural change. It grafts the intuitions of the economics of complexity into the tradition of analysis based upon the Schumpeterian and...
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Economic and monetary union in Europe : theory, evidence, snd practice
Baimbridge, Mark (contributor); Whyman, Philip (contributor) - 2003
Economic and Monetary Union in Europe brings together contributions from leading specialists which explain and evaluate the most important implications of economic and monetary union. The book examines theoretical aspects of monetary integration, illustrates the historical lessons to be learned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850608