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Is the labor market vulnerability of less-educated men really about job competition? : New insights from the United States
Gesthuizen, Maurice; Solga, Heike - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 3, pp. 205-221
"There are various reasons why less-educated men have higher risks of labor market vulnerability - risks such as being unemployed or, if employed, having only low socioeconomic status. The commonly used argument is that these higher risks result from increased job competition caused by an...
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The Roots of the New Economy: An Institutional Perspective
Petit, Pascal - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 39-54
The factors behind the emergence of the New Economy are still poorly understood. In this article, Pascal Petit from CEPREMAP and CNRS in France provides an institutional perspective on the developmental phases or roots of this New Economy. He analyzes the structural, institutional and...
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Working Smarter: Education and Productivity
Sweetman, Arthur - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Skills, innovation and human capital as they feature prominently on the policy agenda of industrialized countries …
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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey
Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...
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Crecimiento y competitividad: los desafíos de un desarrollo inteligente
Pérez García, Pérez García Francisco (contributor) - Fundación BBVA
España avanza hacia el final de 2014 por un camino en el que se observan señales positivas de corrección de los desequilibrios que han agravado la crisis y de recuperación de la actividad. Al mismo tiempo, se hacen más evidentes los enormes desafíos a los que hemos de responder para...
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Vocational training, SMEs and innovation in Navarre.
Olazaran, Mikel; Albizu, Eneka; Lavía, Cristina - In: Cuadernos de Gestión 13 (2013) 01, pp. 15-40
Recent studies within the innovation systems perspective have not paid enough attention to the role that Vocational … Training (VT) centres and technical workers can play in innovation processes. In this paper we review the recent international …, in-company work training, hiring of graduates, continuous training, and innovation-related services. Results show that …
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The Attitudes of Canadians to Productivity: Balancing Standard of Living and Quality of Life
Graves, Frank; Jenkins, Richard - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Graves and Jenkins explore the attitudes of Canadians to productivity. The distinction between our standard of living and our quality of life is a powerful one for Canadians generally. The economic citizen who emerges from Graves and Jenkins data is relatively aware of the terms...
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Competition, innovation and growth with limited commitment
Marimon, Ramon; Quadrini, Vincenzo - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2005
We study how barriers to business start-up affect the investment in knowledge capital when contracts are not … enforceable. Barriers to business start-up lower the competition for knowledge capital and, in absence of commitment, reduce the … incentive to accumulate knowledge. As a result, countries with large barriers experience lower income and growth. Our results …
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Social Policy and Productivity Growth: What are the Linkages?
Harris, Richard G. - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
In this chapter, Richard Harris points out that a traditional view has been that there is an inherent conflict between economic efficiency and social equality, a view neatly summarized in the title of Okun's famous book, Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade-off (1975). This view gained renewed...
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Editor's Overview
Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 1-2
The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards; the impact of economic reform on British productivity...
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