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The shift to services : a review of the literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ?classics?, however (Fisher (1935), Clark...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261657
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The Shift to Services: A Review of the Literature
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The present paper provides an overview of literature on the shift to services. It follows the three dimensions of structural change - final demand, the inter-industry division of labor and inter-industry productivity differences. It first looks at the ‘classics’, however (Fisher (1935),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233801
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What Drives the Speed of Job Reallocation During Episodes of Massive Adjustment?
Terrell, Katherine; Jurajda, Štepán - 2002
This paper uses individual-level data to characterize economy-wide job creation and destruction during periods of massive structural adjustment. We contrast the gradualist Czech and the rapid Estonian approach to the destruction of the communist economy to provide evidence on selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274315
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What Drives the Speed of Job Reallocation During Episodes of Massive Adjustment?
Jurajda, Stepán; Terrell, Katherine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper uses individual-level data to characterize economy-wide job creation and destruction during periods of massive structural adjustment. We contrast the gradualist Czech and the rapid Estonian approach to the destruction of the communist economy to provide evidence on selected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566548
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Racial Heterogeneity in the U.S. Structural Transformation and Regional Convergence
Kim, Minki; Lee, Munseob - 2023
Structural transformation and regional convergence in U.S. income have been long-standing trends. Caselli and Coleman (2001) discovered that 60% of regional convergence between the U.S. South and North from 1940 to 1990 is due to structural transformation. Our replication confirms these robust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469526
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Does money matter for schools?
Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2008
educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268952
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For benevolence and for self-interest: Social and commercial entrepreneurial activity across nations
Estrin, Saul; Mickiewicz, Tomasz; Stephan, Ute - 2011
) productive entrepreneurship and that it will therefore compete at the individual level for resources with commercial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278763
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Who is Resilient in a Time of Crisis? The Importance of Financial and Non-Financial Resources
Johnston, David W.; Kung, Claryn S. J.; Shields, Michael A. - 2020
We identify the individual resources that predicted psychological resilience during the COVID-19 lockdown. Using UK …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322519
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Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities
Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2012
national tests at the end of primary school. This shows that school resources have an important role to play in improving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282333
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Resources and Standards in Urban Schools
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Meghir, Costas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
resources matter for pupil outcomes. In this paper we look at this question by considering an English education policy …. We report results showing a positive impact of the extra resources on school attendance and performance in Mathematics … resources can matter for children in the poorest secondary schools, particularly when building on a solid educational or ability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233794