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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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Education and Self-Employment: South Asian Immigrants in the US Labor Market

Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal; Roy, Sanjukta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Does higher educational attainment lead to greater participation in self-employment? Available studies agree and disagree on this subject through various explanations. We invoke an empirical example from the experiences of immigrants moving from poor countries to rich countries. Further, we...

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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries

Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Parents invest in their children's human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States. We test the hypothesis of parent-child time as a...

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Human capital investments in children –A comparative analysis of the role of parent-child shared time in selected countries

Österbacka, Eva; Merz, Joachim; Zick, Cathleen D. - In: electronic International Journal of Time Use Research 9 (2012) 1, pp. 120-143

In this paper, we test the hypothesis of parent-child time as a form of human capital investment in children using a propensity score treatment effects approach that accounts for the possible endogenous nature of time use and human capital investment. We broaden the human capital investment...

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THE INTEGRATION OF CREATIVITY MANAGEMENT MODELS INTO UNIVERSITIES’VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES

STRUNGĂ, Alexandru; FLOREA, Cristina A. - In: Network Intelligence Studies (2014) 4, pp. 287-293

virtual learning networks and creativity and innovation management models, especially in higher education institutions. This … paper aims to study the ways in which creativity and innovation management models can be used in virtual learning networks …

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Human Capital Investments in Children: A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Parent-Child Shared Time in Selected Countries

Merz, Joachim; Österbacka, Eva; Zick, Cathleen D. - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2010

Parents invest in their children’s human capital in several ways. We investigate the extent to which the levels and composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States. We test the hypothesis of parentchild time as a...

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Smartphone Affordance: Achieving Better Business Through Innovation

Carayannis, Elias; Clark, Stephen; Valvi, Dora - In: Journal of the Knowledge Economy 4 (2013) 4, pp. 444-472

terms of strategic knowledge serendipity and arbitrage (SKARSE™; ibid) as factors shaping and even driving choices made by …

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Provider perceptions of electronic medical records and e-prescribing and their integration into safety net clinics

Hotchkiss, Renee Brent; Mason, Mondi A.; John R. … - In: International Journal of Public Policy 8 (2012) 1/2/3, pp. 79-91

This paper reports the findings of a formative study that examined knowledge, readiness, and perceptions of healthcare …

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Knowledge management in the firm: concepts and issues

Nielsen, Peter; Rasmussen, Palle - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) September, pp. 479-493

innovative performance. In managing knowledge learning and innovation learning approaches are central. The paper identifies …. Originality/value – The paper relates knowledge management to theoretical approaches on learning, organization and innovation and …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set focus on, and discuss the concept of knowledge, and show how the …

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Constructing a research network: accounting knowledge in production

Joannides, Vassili; Berland, Nicolas - HAL - 2013

knowledge is established, advanced and extended. Design/methodology/approach - The research question is answered through the … engage to develop knowledge. Findings - We show that accounting knowledge is established, advanced and developed through the … ongoing mobilisation of nonhumans (journals) who can enrol other humans and nonhumans. We show that knowledge advancement …

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