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Determinants of the acquisition of smaller firms by larger incumbents in high-tech industries: Are they related to innovation and technology sourcing?
Wagner, Marcus - 2007
these issues for three high-tech industries, namely semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology and electronic design …
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Reducing start-up costs for new firms: The double dividend on the labor market
Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within … a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …
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Reducing start-up costs for New Firms: The double dividend on the labor market
Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within … a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294544
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294907
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Young and innocent international evidence on age effects within grades on school victimization in elementary school
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2009
This study examines the impact of children's age within grade on school victimization in elementary school. Identification of age effects relies on the instrumental variables approach drawing on official school entry age rules based on children's month of birth. The empirical analysis uses the...
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Auf der Suche nach der nationalen Innovationskultur Deutschlands - die Etablierung der Verfahrenstechnik in der BRD, DDR seit 1950
Pieper, Christine; Handel, Kai Christian - 2003
Die Rolle der Hochschulen im Innovationssystem sowohl der BRD als auch der DDR hat sich in den letzten fünfzig Jahren zum Teil dramatisch geändert. Der Veränderungsprozess in der Bundesrepublik lässt sich grob in drei Phasen einteilen, die sich zwar überlappen, dennoch im wesentlichen eine...
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Teenage childbearing and labor market implications for women
Levine, Phillip B. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
It is not difficult to find statistics showing that teenage childbearing is associated with poor labor market outcomes, but why is this the case? Does having a child as a teenager genuinely affect a woman’s economic potential—or is it simply a marker of problems she might already be facing...
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On the fertility transition in Africa: Income, child mortality, or education?
Mveyange, Anthony - 2015
present fresh evidence that shows education, especially for women, is an important determinant of the fertility transition in …
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Schooling Outcomes in the Philippines, 1988-2008: Impacts of Changes in Household Income and the Implementation of the Free Public Secondary Education Act (RA 6655)
Revilla, Ma. Laarni D. - 2014
secondary education act (Republic Act 6655) on the outcomes of education. Thus, this paper inquires on the impacts of these two … educational attainment level, average years of schooling, and education inequality. Using descriptive statistics and regression … constraints in schooling investments. This finding suggests that there is a need to strengthen education reforms and create jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421341
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Aspekty efektivnosti při volbě profese a školy: Přizpůsobují se pražské střední školy potřebám podniků?
Benáček, Vladimír - 2010
In this paper we study three crucial questions of economic decision-making: a) How are the people motivated in the choice of profession (career) and schools? This is also a decision that deals with the criteria for building the human capital of various specialisations. b) Can enterprises rely on...
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