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this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student’s schooling and early labour …, we find that internship experience has a positive effect on labour market outcomes that diminishes over time, although …
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I review trends in migration to the UK since the Brexit referendum, examining first the sharp fall in net migration from the EU that resulted, and then the recent more dramatic exodus of foreign-born residents during the covid-19 pandemic. I describe the new post-Brexit system, and review...
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We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability. Cognitive ability is represented by nutritional status. In this study, the proxy variable for nutritional status is BMI since there is a strong relationship between cognitive ability...
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We provide first evidence of the impact of over-education, among natives and immigrants, on firm-level productivity and … higher for natives than for immigrants. However, since the differential in productivity gains associated with over …
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substitution is low, then GDP, productivity and wage growth may however still slow down, because the economy will then fail to …, productivity, and GDP. …
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High temperatures can have a negative effect on work-related activities because workers may experience difficulties concentrating or have to reduce effort in order to cope with heat. We investigate how temperature affects performance of professional tennis players in outdoor singles matches in...
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Recent evidence suggests that automation technologies entail a trade-off between productivity gains and employment …. It shows significant productivity and employment gains from automation in Indonesian manufacturing during the years 2008 … plausible reasons for the absence of this trade-off. First, it documents the presence of diminishing productivity returns to …
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aware of the productivity gains arising from the digital revolution. To investigate the characteristics of such gains, we … affecting workers productivity such as i) mobility reduction, ii) frequency of interactions, iii) optimal time/place, iv) work …. We as well assess the potential productivity growth of companies that use only faceto- face interactions when allowing …
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randomised control trials. The training provided is typically of a general nature, which is consistent with employers' labour … market power. Several areas for future research are also proposed, including the role of labour market institutions in … promoting training and the extent to which the productivity effects of training are shared with employees. …
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We analyze the impact of within-task difficulty and complexity on workers' productivity in online labor markets. Using … sub-tasks within a problem-solved task. We find that our productivity measures are negatively related to the difficulty …
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