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Labour market deregulation, 'flexibility' and innovation
Michie, Jonathan; Sheehan, Maura - 2003
Labour ‘flexibility’ is often portrayed as important to competitive success. Using evidence from an original survey of UK firms, this paper investigates the relationships between firms' use of, on the one hand, various flexible work practices, human resource management techniques, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441570
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STEAM SKILLS DEVELOPMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
Covas, Lilia; Solcan, Angela; Timbaliuc, Natalia; … - 2024
The influence of multiple internal and external factors, which have an impact on the activity of higher education institutions in the Republic of Moldova, imposes the need to implement new teaching methods, able to create and develop in students the competences required by the current context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014489122
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Female Entrepreneurs in Transitional Economies: a comparative study of Businesswomen in Nigeria and China
Kitching, Beverley; Woldie, Atsese - 2004
Nigeria and China. As the OECD Conferences on Women Entrepreneurs in Small and Medium Enterprises held in Paris in 1997 and … difficult(OECD, 1998, 2001). Should China and Nigeria follow a similar pattern to other societies during the development process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437491
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Mother's income and child mortality in southern Nigeria
Sulaiman, Ismaila Lawal - 1987
Material resources affect the levels of mortality. In cross-sectional relationships income has been found to be positively associated with survival, both within and between countries. Preston (1975, 1976), in particular, using cross-national data for three separate decades of the 20th century,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438517
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Oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria
Oyefusi, Aderoju - 2007
This paper examines oil-dependence and civil conflict in Nigeria focusing on the economic dynamics of resource … of oil-dependence in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441496
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Pricing and operational efficiencies in the livestock feed market in Ondo State, Nigeria
Oguntade, Adegboyega E.; Mafimisebi, Taiwo E. - 2010
feed industry in Ondo State, Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442740
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Estimation of Actual and Potential Adoption Rates and Determinants of Improved Rice Variety Among Rice Farmers in Nigeria: The Case of NERICAs
Dontsop Nguezet, Paul Martin; Diagne, Aliou; Okoruwa, … - 2010
rates and their determinants of the NERICA (New Rice for Africa) rice varieties in Nigeria. Empirical evidence shows that …. NERICA awareness was found to be a major constraint to NERICA adoption in Nigeria. Several socioeconomic … occupation, year of experience and vocational training. In particular, we have found that the NERICA adoption rate in Nigeria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443619
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Private Wage Returns to Schooling in Nigeria: 1996-1999
Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2002
In the last two decades, primary and secondary school enrollment rates have declined in Nigeria while enrollment rates … in post-secondary school have increased. This paper estimates from the General Household Survey for Nigeria the private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444165
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Female Schooling, Non-Market Productivity, and Labor Market Participation in Nigeria
Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004
work. Finally, I find evidence suggesting that non-market work may not be a normal good for married women in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444177
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Intra-Household Redistribution of Income and Calorie Consumption in South-Western Nigeria
Aromolaran, Adebayo B. - 2004
This study investigates how per capita calorie intake in low income households of rural southwestern Nigeria responds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444178