This paper sets out the extent and defining characteristics of apprenticeship in Europe. Apprenticeship is then … minimal integration of apprenticeship into full-time 16-19 provision and weak links with tertiary education. The UK, the … apprenticeship into full-time provision and stronger links between apprenticeship and tertiary level provision. Recent evidence on …

premodern London. Using newly digitised records of those beginning an apprenticeship in London between 1600 and 1749, we find … migrant apprentices’ fathers came from outside of the craft sector. Our results suggest that the market for apprenticeship was …

if they complete an apprenticeship programme. The results suggest gains of around 5-7% for men, but no benefit for women … qualifications with the apprenticeship, at level 3 or above. …

creativity. Markets for intellectual assets protected by IP rights can produce too much or too little innovation. …

compare the performance of organisational forms (M-form and U-form) in implementing changes such as innovation and reform. In … more innovation and reform. The theory is illustrated by the organisational differences between China and the former Soviet …

effect on technology transfer (catching up with the technological frontier) as well as innovation (pushing the frontier …

due to a weakness in technological innovation despite a high quality science base. This includes comparatively low and …

effect which becomes more pronounced when we account for the endogeneity of innovation. This is the case for three different … count measures of innovation – a global measure of innovation and measures for labour innovations and capital innovations …

A simple model of process innovation is proposed, where firms learn about their ideal production process by making …

This paper examines the relative influence of domestic and foreign renewable energy policies on innovation activity in … new capacities by increasing their innovation effort. However, the effect on innovation of the marginal wind turbine …