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Has technology hurt less skilled workers? An econometric survey of the effects of technical change on the structure of pay and jobs

Chennells, Lucy; Reenen, John Van - 1999

computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …

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Jobs and job quality between the eve of the Great Recession and the eve of COVID-19

Bourquin, Pascale; Waters, Tom - 2020

In 2019, the employment rate among 25- to 64-year-olds in the UK reached 80% - the highest on record, and considerably … certain policies and compositional changes on the employment rate. We also investigate how job 'quality' - in both financial … and non-financial terms - has changed. We find that almost all demographic groups and regions saw a rise in employment …

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Innovation and employment growth: Evidence from manufacturing firms in Africa

Okumu, Ibrahim Mike; Bbaale, Edward; Guloba, Madina Mwagale - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 8 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27

This paper estimates the association between innovation and employment growth among manufacturing firms in Africa. The … 2SLS. The pooled OLS results indicate that: (1) employment growth is positively associated with both process and product … induce employment growth and (3) relationship between innovation and employment growth is not conditioned on firm age …

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Financial inclusion and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) growth in Uganda

Lakuma, Corti Eliab Paul; Marty, Robert; Muhumuza, Fred - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 8 (2019) 1, pp. 1-20

This paper draws on data from Uganda's 2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES), which comprises data on 762 firms across Uganda to assess the effects of the business environment, with particular interest on the impact of finance on firm growth by focusing on differences across firm size. Unlike...

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Exploring entrepreneurial culture and its socio-cultural determinants: In case of Woldia University graduating students

Engidaw, Abriham Ebabu - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 10 (2021) 1, pp. 1-15

The purpose of this study was to explore entrepreneurial intention and its determinants: in the case of Woldia University graduating students. To achieve its objectives, the study employed a descriptive and explanatory research design, and in the study, a cross-sectional study was conducted...

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The role of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to the sustainable development of sub-Saharan Africa and its challenges: A systematic review of evidence from Ethiopia

Endris, Ebrahim; Kassegn, Andualem - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-18

creating employment, alleviating poverty, and improving their living standards. However, the review has identified access to …

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Labour market inequality and the changing life cycle profile of male and female wages

Blundell, Richard W.; Lopez, Hugo; Ziliak, James P. - 2023

model is used to consistently recover the full distribution of wages accounting for systematic differences in employment …

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