Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 2,893
Cover Image
The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills : an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2022
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164552
Cover Image
How Do Education, Cognitive Skills, Cultural and Social Capital Account for Intergenerational Earnings Persistence? Evidence from the Netherlands
Büchner, Charlotte - 2015
This study analyzes four different transmission mechanisms, through which father's earnings affect son's earnings: the educational attainment, cognitive skills, the cultural capital of the family and the social capital in the neighborhood. Using a unique data set that combines panel data from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027593
Cover Image
The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698648
Cover Image
The intergenerational transmission of cognitive skills: an investigation of the causal impact of families on student outcomes
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665488
Cover Image
The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills : An Investigation of the Causal Impact of Families on Student Outcomes
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2021
The extensive literature on intergenerational mobility highlights the importance of family linkages but fails to provide credible evidence about the underlying family factors that drive the pervasive correlations. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322018
Cover Image
Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
Cover Image
Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321313
Cover Image
Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms
Caliendo, Lorenzo - 2016
The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions involves the organization of production in terms of the number of layers of management the firm decides to employ. Using detailed employer-employee matched data and firm production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999785
Cover Image
The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information Technology on Firm Performance
Gu, Wulong - 2014
incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation. These findings suggest that to be successful, firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071171
Cover Image
Workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises
Lorenz, Edward H.; Potter, Jonathan - 2019
This paper examines the relationship between workplace organisation and innovation in small and medium … Assessment of Adult Competencies and the Community Innovation Survey. It contrasts SMEs adopting a “learning organisation” or …, knowledge exchange with employees and supervisors, on-the-job training, and employee performance incentives. They account for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202771