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Technology, skills, and globalization : explaining international differences in routine and nonroutine work using survey data
Lewandowski, Piotr; Park, Albert; Hardy, Wojciech; Du, Yang - 2019
-skill occupations. We estimate the determinants of workers' RTI as a function of technology (computer use), globalization …. Globalization (as measured by sector foreign value-added share) increases RTI in poorer countries but reduces RTI in richer … globalization also important. Technology contributes the most to the differences in RTI among workers in high-skilled occupations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006117
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Cross-national surveys of learning achievement : how robust are the findings?
Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - 2005
International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011506
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Why does happiness respond differently to an increase vs. decrease in income?
Easterlin, Richard A. - 2021
The answer is that people's evaluations of their income situation are based on different considerations when the economy is expanding and when it is contracting. When, in the course of economic growth, incomes generally are rising, evaluations tend to be dominated by "social comparison" - what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604148
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Determinanten regionaler Unterschiede in der Gründungshäufigkeit wissensintensiver Dienstleister
Almus, Matthias; Egeln, Jürgen; Engel, Dirk - 1999
Dem Neugründungsgeschehen in Dienstleistungsbranchen wird oft zugeschrieben, dass es einen wesentlichen Beitrag zum Strukturwandel zu einer wissensorientierten Wirtschaft leistet. Die hier vorliegende Arbeit untersucht die regionstypenspezifischen Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten im...
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Selection criteria and the skill composition of immigrants : a comparative analysis of Australian and US employment immigration
Jasso, Guillermina (contributor);  … - 2008
roles of world prices of skills and country proximity. Our empirical results are consistent with the view that these factors … immigration ; globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003726801
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The Effective Tax Burden of Companies and on Highly Skilled Manpower: Tax Policy Strategies in a Globalized Economy
Elschner, Christina; Lammersen, Lothar; Overesch, Michael; … - 2005
Company taxes and taxes on highly skilled labour both influence the attractiveness of a particular region as a location for investment. We measure the effective tax burden on capital investment and on highly qualified labour in 33 locations across Europe and the United States. We then correlate...
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A dual policy paradox : why have trade and immigration policies always differed in labor-scarce economies?
Hatton, Timothy J. (contributor);  … - 2006
Today's labor-scarce economies have open trade and closed immigration policies, while a century ago they had just the opposite, open immigration and closed trade policies. Why the inverse policy correlation, and why has it persisted for almost two centuries? This paper seeks answers to this dual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003328062
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Global reform of personal income taxation, 1981 - 2005 : evidence from 189 countries
Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Buttrick, Steve; Duncan, Denvil - 2009
In this paper we use a panel of 189 countries to describe the salient trends that have emerged in national personal income tax systems spanning the twenty five year period from 1981 to 2005. Using complete national income tax schedules, we calculate actual average and marginal tax rates at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863164
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Cross-country evidence on teacher performance pay
Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
The general-equilibrium effects of performance-related teacher pay include long-term incentive and teacher-sorting mechanisms that usually elude experimental studies but are captured in cross-country comparisons. Combining country-level performance-pay measures with rich PISA-2003 international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779850
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Labor market policy : a comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
I review theories and evidence on wage-setting institutions and labor market policies in an international comparative context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779856