dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … endogenous growth theory, economic growth and unemployment, labour market economics and industrial organization …

of wage inequality between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and the relatively low productivity growth experienced … technological revolution, describe why this does not necessarily result in high productivity growth and outline the best methods to … measure productivity in the new economy. This exhaustive exploration of productivity growth and wage inequality between high …

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 …

), 'Workers' Education, Spillovers, and Productivity: Evidence from Plant-level Production Functions', American Economic Review …Throughout the developed and developing worlds, education spending is seen as a key tool for government policy makers … in the quest for economic growth. Promoting 'human capital' development is a prime objective for economic and education …

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 environments, chapters contrast Western experiences and perspectives with … Korean education, including state, charter and private education, higher education and student loans and debt, and provide …

, economic growth in China must transform from an inputs-driven pattern, to a productivity-driven pattern. Academics, researchers …

attract sustainable investment : theory and practice. …

1. Introduction -- 2. Investigating productivity slowdown in the 1990s by using the KLEM database in Japan -- 3. The … sources of growth of US industries -- 4. Total factor productivity growth in Chinese industries, 1981-2000 -- 5. Growth … accounting and productivity analysis by 33 industrial sectors in Korea (1984-2002) -- 6. Industry-wide total factor productivity …