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Education and Labour Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan West Africa
Kuépié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe Jalil; Roubaud, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2006
The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of education on urban labour market participation and earnings in seven major West African cities. Our results show that although education does not always guard against unemployment, it does increase individual earnings in Abidjan, Bamako,...
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The French Food-Processing Model : High Relative Wages and High Work Intensity
Lamanthe, Annie; Gautie, Jerome; Caroli, Eve - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2009
than expected, thanks to the "French model's" national minimum wage and the extension of collective wage agreements to all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706615
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Spatial spillovers in France: a study on individual count data at the city level
Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
Our study aims to measure the effects of spatial R&D spillovers on firms' patent production at the city level. We use an original method to estimate the spatial dimension of spillovers using count data. The method, based on a generalized cross entropy approach, allows us to test spatial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708432
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Information and communication technologies and skill upgrading: the role of internal vs external labour markets
Caroli, Eve; Behaghel, Luc; Walkowiak, Emmanuelle - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
Following the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), firms may react to increasing skill requirements either by training or hiring the new skills, or a combination of the two.Using matched datasets with about 1,000 French plants, we assess the relative importance of these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861395
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Work organization and intent to leave : a relationship-dependent on work status?
Bouville, Gregor - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
content reason and temporary workers are more likely to report intent to leave for wage reason. The research also demonstrates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073819
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Innovation and training: a dynamic count data model
Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
This paper explores the relationship between innovation and vocational training. We consider a linear feedback model to explain the dynamics of count data processes relative to patenting activities, R&D and training expenditures. Estimations are made on a panel data set relative to French...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708498
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Firms’ human capital, R&D and innovation: a study on French firms
Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012
This article investigates the effects of human capital and technological capital on innovation. While the role of technological capital as measured by research and development (R&D) expenditure has been intensively investigated, few studies have been made on the effect of employee training on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708524
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Vocational Training and Innovation
Legros, Diego; Gallié, Emilie-Pauline - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
Human capital is considered as one of the main inputs in economic growth. Human capital can generate endogenous growth thanks to a continuous process of knowledge and externalities accumulation (Aghion and Howitt, 1998). In that context, this paper explores the relationship between innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072297
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Which Human Capital Matters for Rich and Poor’s Wages? Evidence from Matched Worker-Firm Data from Tunisia
Muller, Christophe; Nordman, Christophe Jalil - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2004
effects in wage equations fo studying the effect of education. It also provides a human capital interpretation of these firm … matched structure of the data. Wage regressions including the computed factors confirm tha human capital is associated with …, the poor benefit from working in the textile sector in terms of wages unlike the middle and high wage workers. …
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Adoption des technologies de l’information et capital humain : le cas des PME tunisiennes
Kossaï, Mohamed; Lapa de Souza, Maria Luiza; Roussel, Josse - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
The IT revolution is already a reality for companies of advanced nations and for many emerging nations as well such as the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China). But what about companies of other nations ? Our paper fills a gap by questioning the drivers of IT adoption and especially the role...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171630