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institutions, particularly community colleges; b) Other publicly-funded or private training and services, including "sectoral … training" that targets specific high-demand sectors of the economy; and c) On-the-job or work-based learning, including …
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This paper studies the impact of U.S. immigration barriers on global knowledge production. We present four key findings. First, among Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists, migrants to the U.S. play a central role in the global knowledge network- representing 20-33% of the frontier knowledge...
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Theories of market failures and targeting motivate the promotion of entrepreneurship training programs and generate …
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smaller training costs, so that the welfare implications of each type of economy are a priori ambiguous: no model dominates …
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We examine how gender shapes managers' decisions regarding on-the-job training using a discrete choice experiment … contribution by studying firms' supply of training. In our vignette study, 1,144 managers evaluate hypothetical candidate profiles … that differ by gender, age, competence, job mobility, and training characteristics. We find that women are somewhat more …
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shortage occupations and related training opportunities. The intervention increased participation in transversal training … courses by 6%, but did not boost enrolment in occupational training for shortage jobs. Jobseekers also shifted their search … interventions can influence job search and training behaviour, different approaches are likely needed to drive substantial …
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technological change that automates or augments workers’ job tasks and their participation in work-related training. We find that 58 … between technologically driven job task disruption and the need for job-related training, with training requirements …
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, Pakistan: 1) provision of air pollution forecasts; 2) general training in forecasting. Both reduced subjects' own air pollution … forecast errors; the training effect suggests that modest educational interventions can durably improve forecasting skills …
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months both in paid employment, and in employment, education and training (EET) between age 17 and 42 than comparable …
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where on-the-job training is important, job candidates with a record of grade retention are 16% less likely to receive a …
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