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This contribution reviews the rich interdisciplinary literature covering the relationship between the diffusion of COVID-19 and the adoption of technologies in various sectors of the economy, ranging from health care facilities to manufacturing companies. Besides covering the technical and...
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build resilience and those who will not. Despite costly labor-market adjustments due to increased international trade over …
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The word "scapegoat" is defined as "a person made to bear the blame for others," and similarly, "scapegoatism" refers to "the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself" (Collins English Dictionary and Dictionary.com,...
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sector has a lower share of workers who have tertiary education. The FDI sector has a high proportion of workers with social …
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takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries …-term effects from missing human-capital investment. We analyze data from Tajikistan, where approximately one-third of the labor …
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primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. …
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In this paper we study the allocation of time devoted to informal learning and education, i.e. those activities carried … out during leisure time and outside formal education courses which boost individuals’ human and social capital. For … education enhances the likelihood of greater socio-economic integration in the host society. We first develop a simple …
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This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well …
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total one never is, if education is available, and the disutility of child labour can be compensated by the expected utility … self-enforcing, or actually counterproductive. If the government wants to re- duce child labour and raise education to the …
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-in-law's time allocation across different activities, where their education levels are used as indicators of bargaining power? The …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household … production and childcare increases when she co-resides with a daughter-in-law who has completed tertiary education. The father …
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