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Forecasting labour supply and population: An integrated stochastic model
Fuchs, Johann; Söhnlein, Doris; Weber, Brigitte; … - 2017
This paper presents a stochastic integrated model to forecast the German population and labour supply until 2060. Within a cohort-component approach, the population forecast applies principal components to birth, mortality, emigration and immigration rates. The labour force participation rates...
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Taxation, Automation Capital, and the Functional Income Distribution
Süssmuth, Bernd; Irmen, Andreas; Heer, Burkhard - 2020
, automation capital, and population growth. In the empirical analysis, we find indications for cointegrating equations for the … to 22% and up to 35% of observed changes in the two income shares and in automation capital, respectively. In a second … step, we present a standard neoclassical growth model augmented by automation capital and capital adjustment costs that is …
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Explaining the Decline in the US Labor Share: Taxation and Automation
Heer, Burkhard; Irmen, Andreas; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2022
change or globalization, but also by the dynamics of factor taxation, automation capital (robots), and population growth … shares and in automation capital. Second, we analyse and calibrate a neoclassical growth model extended to include factor … taxation, automation capital, and capital adjustment costs. Labor and automation capital are perfect substitutes whereas labor …
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Job search methods, intensity and success in Britain in the 1990s
Böheim, René; Taylor, Mark P - 2002
We investigate the use of various job search strategies and their impact on the probability of subsequent employment and the re-employment wage among working age men in Britain. We find that replying to advertisements and using Job Centres are the two most common methods of job search and that...
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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2014
This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the current situation prevailing in the Greek market for skills and jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic crisis of 2008, is crucial as it is currently faced...
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20: Skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - 2017
inequality, and is likely to continue because of the effects of unemployment, poorly functioning digital skilling programmes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725205
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Bridging the digital divide: Measuring digital literacy
Chetty, Krish; Qigui, Liu; Gcora, Nozibele; Josie, Jaya; … - 2017
To promote digital transformation, equal emphasis needs to be placed on digital skills development as to infrastructure development. Integral to investment in digital skills development is the subsequent management and evaluation of digital training programmes. This paper assesses mechanisms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011725206
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Bridging the digital divide: Measuring digital literacy
Chetty, Krish; Qigui, Liu; Gcora, Nozibele; Josie, Jaya; … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-23, pp. 1-20
To promote digital transformation, equal emphasis needs to be placed on digital skills development as to infrastructure development. Integral to investment in digital skills development is the subsequent management and evaluation of digital training programmes. This paper assesses mechanisms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824313
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Bridging the digital divide in the G20: Skills for the new age
Chetty, Krish; Aneja, Urvashi; Mishra, Vidisha; Gcora, … - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 12 (2018) 2018-24, pp. 1-20
inequality, and is likely to continue because of the effects of unemployment, poorly functioning digital skilling programmes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011824314
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Longevity Shocks with Age-Dependent Productivity Growth
Heijdra, Ben J.; Reijnders, Laurie S. M. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to study the long-run effects of a longevity increase on individual decisions about education and retirement, taking macroeconomic repercussions through endogenous factor prices and the pension system into account. We build a model of a closed economy inhabited by...
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