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Nur noch Roboter und Selbstausbeutung? Über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der neuen Welt der Arbeit
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Unsere (Arbeits-)Welt scheint sich mit zunehmender Geschwindigkeit zu verändern. Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt zentrale Aspekte dieser Entwicklung und diskutiert ihre voraussichtlichen Auswirkungen auf Arbeit und Beschäftigung. Der Wandel ist weltweit spürbar und Roboter und Maschinen...
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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Highly skilled temporary return, technological change and Innovation: The Case of the TRQN Project in Afghanistan
Kuschminder, Katie; Siegel, Melissa - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012
Using the specific case of the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Temporary Return of Qualified Nationals (TRQN) project, this paper illustrates the effect the short-term return of highly qualified migrants abroad can have on capacity building in the origin country through...
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Improving the Capacity to Innovate in Germany
Fuentes, Andrés; Wurzel, Eckhard; Morgan, Margaret - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
Key indicators show Germany belonging to the countries in the OECD with strong innovation activity even though some weakening in Germany’s position relative to other OECD countries has occurred recently. While the redirection of resources towards unification-related spending as well as low...
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Boosting Austria's Innovation Performance
Leibfritz, Willi; Janger, Jürgen - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
diffusion of innovation and productivity growth. It suggests focusing more on these framework conditions, notably by …
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Labour Market and Flexibility. A logistic regression model to estimate the likelihood of being atypical for a woman employed in Pisa
Meozzi, Paola - Dipartimento di Economia e Management, Università … - 2014
How do demographic and educational factors affect a woman’s occupational status? How common is non standard employment for different labour force groups and in different sectors of the labour market? This paper aims at analysing the impact of different “structural variables” in terms of...
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Enhancing Labour Utilisation in a Socially Inclusive Society in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
institutions, reforming the tax and transfer system, and maintaining labour market flexibility. Beyond labour market policies, the …
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Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries
Freeman, Richard B. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
This chapter reviews what economists have learned about the impact of labor market institutions, defined broadly as government regulations and union activity on labor outcomes in developing countries. It finds that:(1)Labor institutions vary greatly among developing countries but less than they...
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Reforms, labour market functioning and productivity dynamics: a sectoral analysis for Italy
Lasinio, Cecilia Jona; Vallanti, Giovanna - Dipartimento del Tesoro, Ministero dell'Economia e … - 2013
flexibility in the use of temporary contracts has led to a lower productivity (level and to a lesser extent growth rate) in all … industries with a higher flexibility need that are also the relatively lower productivity sectors in the period 1993-2008. … of unemployment and participation.However, such improvements have been accompanied by a deterioration of productivity and …
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A Knowledge Economy Paradigm and its Consequences
Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2006
During the 1980s and 1990s "Active labour" market reforms opened up labour markets in Europe, making them more flexible without putting in jeopardy the essence of the social security protection model. Countries that went furthest in such "active labour" market reforms such as the UK, the...
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