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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?
Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...
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Retaining through training; even for older workers
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …
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Gender Discrimination in the British Labour Market: A Reassessment
Ermisch, John F; Wright, Robert E - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
For the first time, nationally representative data on women's employment histories are used to study the gap between … characteristics (such as education, work experience, and time spent out of employment by women), and a gap attributable to gender … discrimination. Using data collected in the 1980 Women and Employment Survey, we find that women's wages would be between 20 and 25 …
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Practice Makes Perfect: On Professional Standards
Sällström, Susanna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Professional standards vary across professions and also change over time. One profession which has remained perfectionist is classical music, where the amount of practising is striking compared with other professions. Practising is a matter of increasing the reliability of ones skills rather...
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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...
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Centralized Bargaining, Multi-Tasking, and Work Incentives
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997
The paper examines the implications of an important aspect of the ongoing reorganization of work – the move from occupational specialization towards multi-tasking – for centralized wage bargaining. The analysis shows how, on account of this reorganization, centralized bargaining becomes...
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Labour Mobility in Australia in the Nineties: A Preliminary Look at the Effects of the Technological Change.
Junankar, P.N.; kapuscinski, C.A.; Meng, X. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997
This paper forms part of a larger Australian Research Council funded project designed to encrease our understanding of labour mobility and its determinants and , in particular, to trace the importance, strength and the effects of technological change on sectoral, occupational and inter-regional...
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Restructuring Production and Work
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper analyses the contemporary organizational restructuring of production and work and derives some salient implications for the labour market. The analysis focuses on the switch from occupational specialization at 'Tayloristic' organizations to multi-tasking at 'holistic' organizations....
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Firm collaboration and modes of innovation in Norway
Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009225958
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Iceland on the Outskirts of Europe: The Common Property Resource Problem
Gylfason, Thorvaldur - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1991
the arguments presented also apply to Norway. The paper also discusses briefly, similar market solutions to problems …
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