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Returns to Foreign Language Skills in a Developing Country: The Case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
from the Adult Education Survey of 2007, this is the first study estimating returns to foreign language skills in Turkey … characterized by fast economic and social development. Although English is the most widely spoken foreign language in Turkey, we …Foreign language skills represent a form of human capital that can be rewarded in the labor market. Drawing on data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112177
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New measures of workforce skills in the EU
Kang, Lili; O'Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper presents new data series designed to yield a more complete picture of the growth in average skill levels embedded in the EU workforce, comparing with competitor countries such as the US and China. Harmonised data from EU surveys are employed to extend coverage in existing databases to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108113
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Fixing Europe's youth unemployment and skills mismatch, can public financial support to SMEs be effective? The case of the European Commission and European Investment Bank joint in...
Floreani, Vincent Arthur - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
“We risk having a generation that hasn’t held a job. Personal dignity comes from working [...] Young people are in a crisis". Pope Francis - July the 22nd, 2013. Youth unemployment is a critical issue across the European Union with 5.5 million people unemployed among the 18-24 years age...
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A Simple Complementary Development Mechanics for African Countries
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
This paper provides a simple development mechanism for African nations, where economic development is low due to not only low level of physical capital but also poor social capital that leads to lot of conflicts. The study suggests for development of social capital, which is a broader concept...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114250
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Workers on the move: migrated labour in post-reform india
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
different for migrants is also examined through estimation of the wage function. Results suggest that migration among males are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260183
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Human Capital Heterogeneity: University Choice and Wages
Navon, Guy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper analyzes the impact of post-secondary education on wages in Israel. The focus is on the impact of university choice on individual wages controlling for the degree acquired and the area of study. Although the raw data indicate that universities command a different return to education,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622043
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The US/Canada Difference in Postsecondary Educational Choice
Hui, Taylor Shek-wai - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper attempts to tackle the puzzle of why more Canadians choose community colleges over universities than their American counterparts, when previous research has suggested that the return to community college education is low in Canada. Using data from the Survey of Labour and Income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008559297
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La elección del sector laboral y los retornos a la educación en Guatemala
Alejos, Luis Alejandro - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper estimates the returns to education in Guatemala, while attempting to account for self-employment and the presence of workers without monetary earnings in the economy, factors whose omission can potentially lead to sample selection bias. The analysis uses data from the Survey of Living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110200
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Financial Hurdles for Human Capital Accumulation: Revisiting the Galor-Zeira Model
Jun, Bogang; Hwang, Won-Sik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Against the background of inconclusive evidence about the inequality–growth relation, this paper suggests that the level of inequality increases via the human capital channel with credit market imperfections and that this increasing inequality negatively affects economic growth. We expand the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259657
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Education and specialized training - ways to increase performance in agriculture
Marin, Ancuta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper makes a brief analysis of education in general and of agricultural profile in particular, and highlights existing problems, and the ways to improve them, in order to increase performances in agriculture. The economic development of a country requires transformations qualitative,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150770