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The contribution of vocational education and training to innovation and growth
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Lehnert, Patrick - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012486215
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Organizational innovation across the technological innovation process : the moderating influence of hybrid change agents
Rupietta, Christian; Meuer, Johannes; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - 2018 - This version: June 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023180
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An integrated analysis of the impact of gender diversity on innovation and productivity in manufacturing firms : prepared for the institutions for development sector
Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez Urdaneta, Luis H. - 2018
This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882005
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In-firm training, innovation and productivity : the case of Caribbean small island developing states
Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric; Watson, Patrick K. - 2017
. This study uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) 2010 and Compete Caribbean's Productivity Technology Innovation … play a relatively small role and may not even matter for innovation and productivity. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661688
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Climate change mitigation strategies in fast-growing countries : the benefits of early action
Tavoni, Massimo; Bosetti, Valentina; Carraro, Carlo - 2009
investment behaviour is to anticipate the implementation of a climate policy by roughly 10 years. Investing in innovation ahead …. This is especially relevant for China, whose recent and foreseeable trends of investments in innovation are consistent with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008811381
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A product-market theory of industry-specific training
Gersbach, Hans (contributor); Schmutzler, Armin (contributor) - 2006
We develop a product market theory that explains why firms provide their workers with skills that are sufficiently general to be potentially useful for competitors. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in industry-specific human capital, then make wage offers for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387557
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The effect of in-service teacher training on student learning of english as a second language
Bando Grana, Rosangela; Li, Xia - 2014
In-service teacher training aims to improve the supply of public education. A randomized experiment was conducted in Mexico to test whether teacher training could increase teacher efficiency in public secondary schools. After seven and a half months of exposure to a trained teacher, students...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011286658
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Adjusting content to individual student needs : further evidences from a teacher training program
Bouguen, Adrien - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301871
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Impact evaluation of the job youth training program Projoven
Díaz, Juan José; Rosas, David - 2016
This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior evaluations of the program, this one has several advantages. This is the first experimental impact evaluation of Projoven, and also the first to measure impacts over a longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472128
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Are you (not) expecting? : the unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy
Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - 2015
Teenage pregnancy in the Dominican Republic represents a persistent development challenge. This paper uses data from a randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft-skills training, to examine its impact on teenage pregnancy. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472370