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Labor Reallocation and Demographics
Tyrowicz, Joanna - 2018
We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind labor force reallocation. We show that worker flows between jobs in different industries are rare relative to the demographic flows of youth entry and elderly exit. The same applies...
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The Agricultural Productivity Gap and Self-Employment Bias in the Labor Income Share
Paul, Saumik - 2020
We propose a theory-based adjustment to the labor income share to correct for the self-employment bias. Through a two-sector neoclassical framework with agriculture and non-agriculture, we derive the productivity-adjusted aggregate labor income share in terms of the agricultural productivity...
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Digital Entrepreneurship Research : A Concise Introduction
Naudé, Wim - 2020
In the past few decades, technological progress has led to the digitization and digitalization of economies into what …
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Welfare States, Labor Markets, Social Investment and the Digital Transformation
Eichhorst, Werner - 2020
digitization and artificial intelligence, may still be overblown, intrusive change in the nature of work and employment relations … require fundamental rethinking of extant labour market regulation and social protection. Inspired more by adverse family … chapter explores how Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, in terms of the strengths and vulnerabilities of their labour market …
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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization : Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030
Bloom, David E. - 2018
demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012912233
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Do German Works Councils Counter or Foster the Implementation of Digital Technologies?
Genz, Sabrina - 2018
As works councils' information, consultation and co-determination rights affect the decision process of the management, works councils play a key role in the implementation of digital technologies in establishments. However, previous research focuses on the potential of digital technologies to...
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Improving Entrepreneurs' Digital Skills and Firms' Digital Competencies Through Business Apps Training : A Study of Small Firms
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
The lack of awareness of digital services and outcomes is a concern in business environments since small firms need to improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements....
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Automation and the Changing Nature of Work
Josten, Cecily; Lordan, Grace - 2022
recently automatable drawing on the Josten and Lordan (2020) classification of automatability, EU labour force survey data and …
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The Pandemic Push : Digital Technologies and Workforce Adjustments
Gathmann, Christina; Kagerl, Christian; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2023
Based on a unique survey and administrative employer-employee data, we show that the COVID-19 pandemic acted as a push factor for the diffusion of digital technologies in Germany. About two in three firms invested in digital technologies, in particular in hardware and software to enable...
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Effects of an Online Self-Assessment Tool on Teachers' Digital Competencies
Abbiati, Giovanni; Azzolini, Davide; Balanskat, Anja; … - 2023
We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education. The causal impact of the tool is evaluated through a randomized encouragement design, involving 7,391 lower secondary teachers across 11 European countries. Short-run impact...
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