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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008

implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers' knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …

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The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship

Clark, Damon; Fahr, René - 2001

This paper assesses the potential of ?workplace training? with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide ?optimal? training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...

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Cost and benefit of apprenticeship training: a comparison of Germany and Switzerland

Dionisius, Regina; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2008

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyzes based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...

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Cost and benefit of apprenticeship training: a comparison of Germany and Switzerland

Dionisius, Regina; Muehlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2008

For the first time it has been made possible to merge a German and a Swiss firm-level data set that include detailed information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the net costs of training apprentices are substantial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269255

The phantom of the opera: Cultural amenities, human capital, and regional economic growth

Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan - 2010

knowledge spillovers and shift a location to a higher growth path. …

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Surfing alone? The Internet and social capital: evidence from an unforeseeable technological mistake

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011

Does the Internet undermine social capital or facilitate inter-personal and civic engagement in the real world? Merging unique telecommunication data with geo-coded German individuallevel data, we investigate how broadband Internet affects several dimensions of social capital. One identification...

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When the early bird catches the worm: The impact of training in retail

Hinerasky, Christiane; Fahr, René - 2011

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with monthly data on sales revenue, for four years using panel regressions. Participants in early cohorts show positive performance effects during training periods that depreciate...

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Works councils, collective bargaining and apprenticeship training

Kriechel, Ben; Mühlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2012

In this paper, we investigate the effects of works councils on apprenticeship training in Germany. The German law attributes works councils substantial information and co-determination rights to training-related issues. Thus, works councils may also have an impact on the cost-benefit relation of...

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Loafing or Learning? The Demand for Informal Education

Fahr, René - 2003

Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and time investments in informal education. Two hypotheses explain this observation: (1) highly educated people have higher opportunity costs of their leisure time and thus prefer...

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Germany's Capacities to Work from Home

Alipour, JV - 2020

We propose an index of working from home (WfH) capacity for industries and counties in the German economy. Our analysis draws on individual-level survey information and administrative employment statistics. We find that overall 56 percent of jobs are suitable for part-time or fulltime remote...

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