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Ph.D. Publication Productivity : The Role of Gender and Race in Supervision in South Africa
Rossello, Giulia; Cowan, Robin A.; Mairesse, Jacques - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study whether student-advisor gender and race composition matters for publication productivity of Ph.D. students in South Africa. We consider all Ph.D. students in STEM graduating between 2000 and 2014, after the recent systematic introduction of doctoral programs in this country. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322734
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The knowledge production of 'R' and 'D'
Czarnitzki, Dirk (contributor); Kraft, Kornelius (contributor) - 2008
or output of a knowledge production function. We suggest that the productivity of research in patent production functions … to patentable knowledge, and development happens after the initial research phase that may have led to a patent. Instead … of using data on R&D, we separate the knowledge creating process into 'R' and 'D'. This data stems from R&D surveys of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728577
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Employer provided training in Europe : determinants and obstacles
Brunello, Giorgio; Wruuck, Patricia - 2020
This report looks at employer - provided training in Europe. We start with a brief outline of the economic theory of training. We then look at the recent facts, by combining data from two employer surveys, the European Investment Bank's Investment Survey (EIBIS) and Eurostat's Continuous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012164562
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Are the more educated receiving more training? : evidence from Thailand
Ariga, Ken; Brunello, Giorgio - 2002
This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant and negative relationship between educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413387
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The side effect of pension reforms on training : evidence from Italy
Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona - 2013
Due to pension reforms, minimum retirement age increased substantially in Italy between the second part of the 1990s and the early 2000s. We compare the training participation of pre- and post-reform cohorts of private sector employees and estimate that adding one year to minimum retirement age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010221561
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Market failures and the under-provision of training
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria - 2004
This paper reviews both the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical evidence in support of the under-provision of training. While there is little if any evidence in support of underprovision because of liquidity constraints to the demand side of the market, there is evidence that employers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451049
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Education as a tool for the economic integration of migrants
De Paola, Maria; Brunello, Giorgio - 2016
socio-economic background, in others (Finland, Austria, Belgium and Portugal) the factors driving the gap are more complex …
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The pathways to college
Agarwal, Lisha; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019
We estimate the effect of the high school curriculum (or track) on the returns to college using data from the Italian PLUS (Participation Labour and Unemployment Survey) survey. We find that college graduates with vocational high school are less likely to be employed than graduates with academic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126163
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Absolute risk aversion and the returns to education
Brunello, Giorgio - 2000
Individual absolute risk aversion is measured for a sample of 1373 male household heads, using the 1995 wave of the Survey on the Income and Wealth of Italian households. This measure, conditional on financial and real wealth and household income, is used as an instrument for attained education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336851
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Employer provided training in Europe : determinants and obstacles
Brunello, Giorgio; Wruuck, Patricia - 2020
This report looks at employer-provided training in Europe. We start with a brief outline of the economic theory of training. We then look at the recent facts, by combining data from two employer surveys, the European Investment Bank's Investment Survey (EIBIS) and Eurostat's Continuous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177955