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The Effectiveness of Apprenticeship Training - a within track comparison of workplace-based and school-based vocational training in Hungary
Horn, Daniel - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 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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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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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
employment is regained by more policy attention toward innovation and its underlying research and development (R&D), accompanied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884389
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Crecimiento y competitividad: los retos de la recuperación
Alcalá, Alcalá Francisco (contributor) - Fundación BBVA
El Informe 2013 Fundación BBVA-Ivie sobre crecimiento y competitividad, analiza los retos de la recuperación de la economía española. Constata que la economía española ha salido de la recesión, pero no de la crisis. Para dejarla atrás es necesario abordar, a corto y medio plazo,...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010604148
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Innovation, Labour Demand and Wages in Poland. Some Introductory Results Using Micro-macro Data
Walewski, Mateusz - CASE-Center for Social and Economic Research - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008633087
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Increase Global Competitiveness of Firms in the Economic Crises through Employees' Flexible Work
Vicentiu, Popescu Dorin; Manoela, Popescu; Crenicean, … - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XI (2011) 2, pp. 1083-1087
represent an effective innovation work in the period of economic crisis. We know that innovation is the main engine of growth in … the current context, and innovation at work not only ensures the survival of firms, but thus maximizing their internal …
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Improving the Economic Situation of Young People in France
Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The economic situation of young people is unsatisfactory. Educational inequalities have been widening for over a decade, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age bracket has not dropped below 16% for nearly 30 years....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276867
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Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa, 1994-2010
Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data. We show that higher levels of education are strongly rewarded in the labour market in terms of earnings and that a tertiary qualification improves an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276936
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Education Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa
Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level. We use the matric exemption score and the pupil/teacher ratio of the respondents’ closest school during childhood as proxies for education quality. We find that the...
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