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The study uses a disaggregated approach to look into Labour Productivity in the informal manufacturing sector in India over the last two decades, especially Trends in productivity levels and regional disparities, its regional pattern, and Factors affecting the productivity levels. Wide variation...
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workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible … training on productivity, both direct and interacted with ICT, with different impacts in services than in production industries …
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particular towards improving the education and training of people throughout the life cycle. Similarly, in the perspective of …
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The primary purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for EU-SILC data to deepen our understanding of the determinants of inequality in workers’ formal life-long learning (LLL) in Europe. In particular we investigate the incidence of personal, job-specific and firm-specific...
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education and training in Canada. Using the master file data from the 1998 Adult Education and Training Survey, we estimate … probit models of adult education and training (hereafter just “training”) incidence and hurdle models of total time spent in … training. Consistent with the literature, we find that relatively advantaged workers, such as those who have completed high …
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uncovering the relationship between local human capital and training. Furthermore, we check the effects of other variables … the prediction that training should be more frequent in areas where the aggregate educational level is higher. Moreover …
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In this paper we investigate the role of workers’ training history in determining current training incidence. The … unobserved heterogeneity and formal modelling of initial conditions. The results suggest that prior training experience is a … significant determinant of a worker’s participation in a current training episode comparable with other formal educational …
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We study the effect of product market volatility on a firm’s choice between multiskilling and specialization. We construct a theoretical model that captures the tradeoff between multiskilling (which gives greater flexibility to reassign workers in production) and specialization (which provides...
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In an era of globalized competition, productivity has become a crucial factor determining profitability, competitiveness and the growth of a firm. High productivity means lower per unit cost and, therefore, ability of the firm to match prices on the global markets. Because of that, there has...
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Analysis in this policy note indicates a rapid deterioration in employment opportunities for young individuals transitioning from school to work in Egypt. Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising employment and participation and in lowering...
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