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Sinking or swimming in the cluster labor pool? : a firm-specific analysis of the effect of specialized labour
Grashof, Nils - 2020
Human resources are a key factor for firm success, particularly nowadays when most industrial economies face an increasing shortage of qualified labour. With their pooled labour markets, regional clusters have been shown to be a preferable location for firms in order to satisfy their demand for...
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Human capital diversity and product innovation : a micro-level analysis
Söllner, René - 2010
; Innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962534
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Role of human resource practices in absorptive capacity and R&D cooperation
Roy, Ipsita - 2015
important conditions for R&D cooperation and innovation. I begin by providing a "beyond-R&D" definition of absorptive capacity … cooperative R&D on incremental product, process and radical innovation. Employing the IAB Establishment Panel Survey on about 1200 … German innovation-based establishments during 2007-2011, findings demonstrate that adoption of employment practices …
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Actor fluidity and knowledge persistence in regional inventor networks
Fritsch, Michael; Zöllner, Moritz - 2018
knowledge of new inventors effect the performance of regional innovation systems (RIS). The results suggest that the knowledge … considerable number of incumbent inventors discontinue. We estimate the persistence of knowledge in regional inventor networks … using alternative assumptions about knowledge transfer. Based on these estimates we analyze how the size and structure of a …
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Participation in continuing vocational training in Germany between 1989 and 2008
Yendell, Alexander - 2012
Who participates in continuing vocational training and who does not? This central question in research on continuing vocational training gains in significance the more the importance of lifelong learning is postulated. On the basis of the SOEP data collection periods of 1989, 1993, 2000, 2004...
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A new color in the picture : the impact of educational fields on fertility in Western Germany
Oppermann, Anja - 2012
The extensive research on the impact of educational attainment on fertility behavior has been expanded by a new dimension. According to these recent findings, not only the level but also the field of education has to be taken into account. The field of education determines a great deal about...
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Non-take-up of student financial help : a microsimulation for Germany
Herber, Stefanie P.; Kalinowski, Michael - 2016
This paper estimates the percentage of students who do not take up their federal need-based student financial aid entitlements and sheds light on determinants of this behavior. Against the background that educational mobility in Germany is low although extensive student financial aid for needy...
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Who dares, wins? : a sibling analysis of tertiary education transition in Germany
Keller, Tamás; Neidhöfer, Guido - 2014
Past studies have found that parental background has a considerable impact on educational decisions. Our knowledge is …
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The socio-economic module of the Berlin Aging Study II (SOEP-BASE) : description, structure, and questionnaire
Böckenhoff, Anke; Saßenroth, Denise; Kroh, Martin; … - 2013
The Berlin Aging Study II (BASE-II) is a multidisciplinary study that allows for the investigation of how a multitude of health status factors as well as many other social and economic outcomes interplay. The sample consists of 1,600 participants aged 60 to 80, and 600 participants aged 20 to...
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Educational choice and risk aversion : how important is structural vs. individual risk aversion?
Hartlaub, Vanessa; Schneider, Thorsten - 2012
According to sociological theories on educational choice, risk aversion is the main driving force for class-specific educational decisions. Families from upper social classes have to opt for the academically most demanding, long-lasting courses to avoid an intergenerational status loss. Families...
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