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Teacher Pay, Class Size and Local Governments : Evidence from the Latvian Reform
Hazans, Mihails - 2010
data, to document the reform of teacher compensation and school network implemented in Latvia amidst the economic crisis of …
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Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?
Azam, Mehtabul - 2012
To mitigate the impact of the 2008-2010 global financial crisis on vulnerable households, the Government of Latvia … dearth of income-generating opportunities in Latvia; thus the program provided temporary employment opportunities and helped … the unemployed mitigate the impact of the crisis. However, relative to the depth of the crisis in Latvia, the Workplaces …
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Vocational Training for Unemployed Youth in Latvia : Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2018
Latvia. The programme is part of the Youth Guarantee scheme for the period 2014-2020, the largest action launched by the …
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Education Quality, Green Technology, and the Economic Impact of Carbon Pricing
Macdonald, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry A. - 2022
Carbon pricing is increasingly used by governments to reduce emissions. The effect of carbon pricing on economic outcomes as well as mitigating factors has been studied extensively since the early 1990s. One mitigating factor that has received less attention is education quality. If...
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Socioeconomic Inequality in Low-Carbon Technology Adoption
Burlinson, Andrew; Davillas, Apostolos; Giulietti, Monica - 2023
The widespread consumer adoption of low-carbon technologies (LCTs) is a cornerstone of net zero targets worldwide, however LCTs may not be equally distributed across socioeconomic characteristics. Our paper contributes to the literature by exploring socioeconomic inequality in LCT adoption and...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823332
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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 … to digitization, together with their respective social investment aptitude, are currently preparing their welfare states …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012830642
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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization : Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030
Bloom, David E. - 2018
Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8...
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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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