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Technology boom, labor reallocation, and human capital depreciation
Hombert, Johan; Matray, Adrien - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012295194
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Labor market turnover and inequality in Latin America
Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino; Narita, Renata Del Tedesco - 2023
This paper describes the patterns of worker turnover in selected Latin American countries and their implications for wage inequality. It documents a higher positive annual wage growth rate for job to job changers compared to stayers, due to turnover capturing the immediate gains from search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550817
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Développement durable : modes de production et capital humain
Zuinen, Natacha (contributor); Varlez, Sylvie (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002702735
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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru
Bet, Germán; Cristia, Julian; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246126
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Different types of IT skills in occupational training curricula and labor market outcomes
Kiener, Fabienne; Gnehm, Ann-Sophie; Clematide, Simon; … - 2019 - First draft. Preliminary results
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Who is afraid of machines?
Blanas, Sotiris; Gancia, Gino Alessandro; Lee, Sang Yoon - 2019
We study how various types of machines, namely, information and communication technologies, software, and especially industrial robots, affect the demand for workers of different education, age, and gender. We do so by exploiting differences in the composition of workers across countries,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037311
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The employment potential of labor intensive industries on India's organized manufacturing
Das, Deb Kusum; Wadhwa, Deepika; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This paper attempts to identify and examine labor intensive industries in the organized manufacturing sector in India in order to understand their employment generation potential. Using the data from the Annual Survey of Industries (Government of India, various issues), the labor intensity for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863443
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Do labor intensive industries generate employment? : evidence from firm level survey in India
Das, Deb Kusum; Kalita, Gunajit - 2009
This study attempts to address the issue of declining labour intensity in India’s organized manufacturing in order to … understand the constraints on employment generation in the labour intensive sectors. Using primary survey data covering 252 … labour intensive manufacturing-exporting firms across five sectors—apparel, leather, gems and jewellery, sports goods, and …
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L’ évolution des coûts unitaires du travail en Belgique de 1996 à 2008
Devogelaer, Danielle; Gusbin, Dominique - 2010
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Labour market adjustment during 2008 - 2013 in Latvia : firm level evidence
Fadejeva, Ludmila; Krasnopjorovos, Ol̨egs - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400715