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Methodology and change : problems of applied social science research techniques in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Lindsay, Louis (contributor) - 1978
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002354993
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Notes on organization and change in the Caribbean : introductory readings in organizational theory and behaviour
Nunes, Frederick E.; Draper, Gordon - 1977 - 3. repr
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002357900
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Human Capital Policies: What they Can and Cannot Do for Productivity and Poverty Reduction in Latin America
Duryea, Suzanne; Pagés-Serra, Carmen - 2002
Raising labor productivity is recognized as a critical factor for increasing economic growth and reducing poverty … levels in Latin America. Low levels of education continue to be singled out as the main obstacle to higher productivity in … additional policies should be pursued in order to ensure higher productivity for workers in the region. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327061
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Adaptation and the cost of rising temperature for the U.S. economy
Gourio, François; Fries, Charles - 2020
How costly will rising temperature due to climate change be for the U.S. economy? Recent research has used the well-identified response of output to weather to estimate this cost. But agents may adapt to the new climate. We propose a methodology to infer adaptation technology from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012429414
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Employer provided training in Austria: Productivity, wages and wage inequality
Böheim, René; Schneeweis, Nicole; Wakolbinger, Florian - 2009
We use data on Austrian firms and employees to estimate the effects of employer-provided training on productivity … general, we find a robust positive elasticity of training on productivity of about 0.04. In-house training is more effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294844
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Siesta: A theory of freelancing
Saez Marti, Maria - 2011
requiring multiple periods of work and stochastic productivity shocks. I find that increasing ability or reducing fatigue does …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316935
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An empirical assessment of assortative matching in the labor market
Mendes, Rute; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2007
-emplyee data from Portugal. Using dynamic panel data methods, we quantify a firm-specific productivity term for each firm, and we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317919
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Puzzles, paradoxes and regularities: Cyclical and structural productivity in the US (1950 - 2005)
Jeon, Yongbok; Vernengo, Matías - 2007
Changes in labor productivity have been a source of puzzlement and paradoxical results for economists. We suggest that … percent of all the variations in labor productivity. Also, our estimation method and our results suggest that conventional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288082
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Formal and informal labour markets: Challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - 2004
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294504
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Long term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden - shipyard workers in the West and miners in the North
Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - 2007
The objective of this paper is to study the long term effects of public policy measures for displaced workers. Our focus is on the individuals affected by the cutbacks at the LKAB iron ore mines in northern Sweden in 1983 and the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321623