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The Effectiveness of Apprenticeship Training - a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary
Horn, Dániel - 2014
Although apprenticeship training has been praised for its effectiveness in smoothing the school-to-work transition of non-college bound students, most studies rely on cross country or cross track comparisons. This study compares apprenticeship training students with non-apprentices within...
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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
employment is regained by more policy attention toward innovation and its underlying research and development (R&D), accompanied …
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Innovation, labour demand and wages in Poland: Some introductory results using micro-macro data
Walewski, Mateusz - 2009
There is a large body of literature on the relationship between innovations and employment at the firm level, with most of the results indicating positive effects. Thus far, this kind of analysis has not been performed for Poland and it seems to be an important and interesting field for...
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The Effects of High-Skilled Immigration Policy on Firms: Evidence from Visa Lotteries
Doran, Kirk; Gelber, Alexander; Isen, Adam - 2022
workers at the firm. Additional H-1Bs have insignificant and at most modest effects on firm innovation. More general evidence …
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Dimensions of African inequality
Bigsten, Arne - 2014
This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the forces that determine inequality change, focusing on...
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The Effect of Young People Not in Employment, Education or Training, on Poverty Rate in European Union
Jianu, Ionut - In: Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics 2019 (2019) [Article ID] 955941, pp. 1-14
This paper aims to estimate the effect of young people who are not in employment, education or training (neets rate) on the people at risk of poverty rate in the European Union. Statistical data covering the 2010-2016 period for all EU-28 Member States have been used. Regarding the methodology,...
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Medical innovation, education, and labor market outcomes of cancer patients
Jeon, Sung-hee; Pohl, Vincent - 2019
. We estimate the effect of medical innovation on cancer patients' labor market outcomes employing tax return and cancer … registry data from Canada and measuring medical innovation by using the number of approved drugs and a quality-adjusted patent … innovation are limited to cancer patients with postsecondary education, raising concerns about unequal access to improved …
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Bolivia: Los avances sociales y laborales en el periodo de boom económico y los desafíos con el fin de la bonanza
Wanderley, Fernanda - 2018
At the beginning of the 21st century, Bolivia presented improvements in the indicators of poverty and monetary inequality following the trend of Latin America. The analysis of the evolution of the Unsatisfied Basic Needs Index (NBI) also shows a positive trend. However, significant differences...
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Economic Outcomes of Youth not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)
Samoilenko, Anton; Carter, Kristie - 2015
The paper examines the outcomes of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) up to four years after the initial long-term spell of NEET. The paper covers outcomes of NEETs in relation to benefit receipt, education, employment and future inactivity. These outcomes are compared across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115691
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The economics of risky health behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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