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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe
Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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The Production of PhDs in the United States and Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Larsen, Nicholas; Pieper, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
have no effect for U.S. females or in Canada. Government expenditures on research and development enhanced PhD production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764583
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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
Borghans, Lex; Cörvers, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and …. While higher education started to grow substantially around 1960, only a few decades later, research and higher education … transformation is most clearly revealed in the change of language used in research from the national language, Latin, German and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565210
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Robots at Work
Graetz, Georg; Michaels, Guy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Despite ubiquitous discussions of robots' potential impact, there is almost no systematic empirical evidence on their economic effects. In this paper we analyze for the first time the economic impact of industrial robots, using new data on a panel of industries in 17 countries from 1993-2007. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214029
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The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The world is changing rapidly. This paper describes key shifts and it discusses their likely impacts on employment-related aspects. Labor market pressures are felt around the globe, and robots and automation increasingly become reality. However, there will be no "end of work". Rather, it is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269610
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Changes in China's Wage Structure
Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using a national sample of Urban Household Surveys, we document several profound changes in China's wage structure during a period of rapid economic growth. Between 1992 and 2007, the average real wage increased by 202 percent, accompanied by a sharp rise in wage inequality. Decomposition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279366
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Die Zukunft der Arbeit und der Wandel der Arbeitswelt
Eichhorst, Werner; Buhlmann, Florian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Die Zukunft der Arbeit wird vom technischen Fortschritt, der Globalisierung, dem demographischen Wandel und institutionellen Veränderungen geprägt. Daraus entwickelt sich in Fortschreibung jüngerer Entwicklungen eine vielfältige Arbeitswelt mit erheblichen Unterschieden der...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255261
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An Analysis of Hospital Efficiency and Productivity Growth Using the Luenberger Productivity Indicator
Barros, Carlos Pestana; Menezes, António Gomes de; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We analyze the efficiency and productivity growth of a representative sample of Portuguese hospitals from 1997 to 2004, using an innovative approach by employing the directional distance function and the Luenberger productivity indicator. The primary advantage of our approach is that both input...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233852
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Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015499
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562