Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 369
Cover Image
Is skill-biased technological change here yet? : evidence from Indian manufacturing in the 1990
Berman, Eli - 2005
"Most high and middle-income countries showed symptoms of skill-biased technological change in the 1980s. India-a low … income country-did not, perhaps because India's traditionally controlled economy may have limited the transfer of … skill-biased technological change did in fact arrive in India in the 1990s using panel data disaggregated by industry and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522439
Cover Image
Boosting productivity via innovation and adoption of new technologies : any role for labor market institutions?
Tressel, Thierry - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523060
Cover Image
Manufacturing Firm Diversification into Industry 4.0 Technologies
World Bank - 2023
This report leverages patent data and relatedness analysis to identify the factors that affect the technological transition of firms toward industry 4.0 technologies by looking at the technological trajectories of Korean manufacturing firms. Based on a unique dataset of Korean manufacturing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579342
Cover Image
Pakistan Labor Market Study : Regulation, Job Creation, and Skills Formation in the Manufacturing Sector
World Bank - 2013
In an effort to improve employment outcomes and industrial productivity, the Government of Pakistan (GoP) has launched a dual-track reform process involving broad-based overhaul of labor laws and institutions, and expansion and reform of the Vocational and Technical Training (VTT) system. Labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557672
Cover Image
Are skills rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? : determinants of wages and productivity in the manufacturing sector
Fox, M. Louise - 2008
"Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the authors analyze how the supply of skills and legal origin of the country affect the wage setting process. The wage analysis yields three main findings. First, increasing returns to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521071
Cover Image
Domestic Regulation and Global Movement of Skilled Professionals : A Case Study of Indian Professionals in the United States
World Bank - 2013
countries in engineering and technical human capital. In India, the largest developing country exporter of skilled services, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557577
Cover Image
India : Investment Climate and Manufacturing Industry
World Bank - 2013
infrastructure. The report asseses India's investment climate from the perspective of industrial growth and focuses on investment … climate variations within India, analyzing the implications these variations have on industrial performance, as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559310
Cover Image
Strategic Environmental Assessment for Industry Sector Himachal Pradesh, India
World Bank - 2013
This strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a technical piece intended to assist in the current and future identification of priority industrial pollutants and economic instruments to minimize industrial waste. This industrial sector SEA is one of six pieces of technical support envisioned...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564515
Cover Image
Toward a microeconomics of growth
Burgess, Robin - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523076
Cover Image
The twin effects of globalization
Daveri, Francesco - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523283