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Task Organization, Human Capital and Wages in Moroccan Exporting Firms
Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe J. - HAL - 2013
We conduct a case study of the linkages of task organization, human capital accumulation and wages in Morocco, using matched worker-firm data for Electrical-mechanical and Textile-clothing industries. In order to integrate task organization into the interacting processes of workers' training and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933817
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Social Capital as an Engine of Growth: Multisectoral Modelling and Implications
Bofota, Youyou Baende; Boucekkine, Raouf; Bala, Alain Pholo - HAL - 2012
We propose a multisector endogenous growth model incorporating social capital. Social capital only serves as input in the production of human capital and it involves a cost in terms of the final good. We show that in contrast to existing alternative specifications, this setting assures that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933921
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Education inequalities and the Kuznets curves: a global perspective since 1870
Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice - HAL - 2007
This paper presents a new dataset on educational attainment (primary, secondary and tertiary schooling) at the world … Mincerian returns to schooling and average schooling contrary to other functional forms. As a result, we show that world human … capital inequality has increased since 1870, but does not exceed 10% of world income inequality. Next, we analyse the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930213
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Effects of urbanization on economic growth and human capital formation in Africa
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi; Youssef, Adel Ben; … - HAL - 2014
The objective of this paper is to investigate the impacts of urbanization on human capital andeconomic growth in Africa. It seeks to contribute to the urbanization-growth debate byinvestigating how urbanization is linked to human capital accumulation and economic growth.More precisely, compared...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930231
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The rise and fall of spatial inequalities in France: A long-run perspective
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Lafourcade, Miren; Thisse, … - HAL - 2008
This paper uses a unique database that provides value-added, employment, and population levels for the entire set of French departments for the years 1860, 1930, and 2000. These data cover three sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, and services. This allows us to study the evolution of spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930232
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La RSE comme instrument de la gouvernance d'entreprise
Cézanne, Cécile; Rubinstein, Marianne - HAL - 2010
Après avoir mis en évidence les problèmes de gouvernance posés par la " nouvelle firme ", désintégrée verticalement et intensive en capital humain, nous avançons que la responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise (RSE) peut servir à réguler les rapports de force entre les partenaires...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323659
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Capital humain, prestataires de services logistiques et frontières de la firme
Cézanne, Cécile; Saglietto, Laurence - HAL - 2011
The aim of this paper is to analyze the changing boundaries of human capital-intensive firms resulting from the growing importance of the fourth party logistics. The specific relationships between these partners are at the origin of a real evolution in the way of studying the interfirm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323662
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Growth vs level effect of population change on economic development: An inspection into human-capital-related mechanisms
Boucekkine, Raouf; Martínez, Blanca; Ruiz-Tamarit, Ramon - HAL - 2011
We study the impact of demographic change on economic short and long-term dynamics in an enlarged Lucas-Uzawa model with intratemporal altruism. Demographics are summarized by population growth rate and initial size. In contrast to the existing literature, the long-run level effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325720
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THE ROLE OF LEARNING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE GROWING DISCUSSION ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Esposito, Mark - HAL - 2010
What is the debate on Learning Organizations all about? In this paper we propose to demonstrate that the necessity to adapt to the socio-economic changes that have been transforming the way we think, live, learn and work over the last twenty years, makes of learning a condition of survival for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549161
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Accounting for the effects of AIDS on growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Cahu, Paul; Fall, Falilou - HAL - 2011
/AIDS, we provide a new series of HIV prevalence rate build from the estimation of the propagation dynamic of the epidemic. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010605309