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The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...
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Economic Performance in the Americas compares the economic performances of Brazil, Mexico and the USA over the past …. Transport and communications -- 5. Wholesale and retail trade -- 6. Financial services -- 7. Health care -- 8. Education -- 9 …
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USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning …
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institutional practices -- 6. The future of retiree health benefits in higher education in the United States -- 7. Impact of retiree … compensation policies in higher education …
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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 the link between education and training on the one hand and economic … and social inequality on the other. The authors focus the analysis on three main aspects of the links between education …
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The impact of technical change on employment is investigated in this important new book which offers a critical appraisal of how far current economic analysis and theory can deal with this key policy issue. The Economics of Technology and Employment addresses the impact of technical change on...
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This book introduces the expanding European dialogue between entrepreneurship, environment and education. It considers … education -- pt. 3. The dynamics between entrepreneurship and small businesses …
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that issues such as education, investment and infrastructure are necessary ingredients for development and yet only a very …
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Incentives to Improve Education identifies three categories of incentives: rewards, (financial rewards for teachers …), competition (educational choice, often in the form of payment for education by voucher) and threats (introduction of external …
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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...
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