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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...
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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 contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering’ for higher education institutions, or in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884401
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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
research more on societal problems, while being better empowered and enabled by Governments. Universities must show leadership … in resolving or channeling the major societal questions. More European competition between universities in education and … research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556213
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The Americanization of European Higher Education and Research
Borghans, Lex; Cörvers, Frank - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Over the past two decades there has been a substantial increase in the mobility of students in Europe, while also research has become much more internationally oriented. In this paper we document changes in the structure of research and higher education in Europe and investigate potential...
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Immigrants' 'Ability' and Welfare as a Function of Cultural Diversity: Effect of Cultural Capital at Individual and Local Level
Tubadji, Annie; Gheasi, Masood; Nijkamp, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper presents an operationalization of a mixed Bourdieu–Mincer-type model that seeks to find evidence for individual and local cultural capital effects on human capital 'ability'. We aim to compare these effects for native workers and immigrants (as well as between immigrants themselves)...
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Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
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The Wider Economic Impacts of High-Skilled Migrants: A Survey of the Literature
Nathan, Max - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In recent years, the economics of migration literature has shown a substantial growth in papers exploring host country impacts beyond the labour market. Specifically, researchers have begun to shift their attention from labour market and fiscal changes, towards exploring what we might call...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796455
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Job Search as a Determinant of Graduate Over-Education: Evidence from Australia
Carroll, David; Tani, Massimiliano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
graduates. Using a panel estimation method, we find that using universities' career offices is associated with a reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990919
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A Citation-Analysis of Economic Research Institutes
Ketzler, Rolf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The citation analysis of the research output of the German economic research institutes presented here is based on publications in peer-reviewed journals listed in the Social Science Citation Index for the 2000–2009 period. The novel feature of the paper is that a count data model quantifies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990927
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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht ungeachtet diverser Reformanstrengungen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit weiter vor großen Herausforderungen: Im internationalen Vergleich fehlt es an sozialer Chancengleichheit im Verlauf der Bildungskarrieren, und für eine "Bildungsnation" nehmen sich die...
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