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Services are Different: Job Characteristics, Working Conditions and Pay Levels in OECD Countries
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo Forum 2 (2001) 4, pp. 55-57
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An international Comparison of Selected Innovation Drivers
Funk, Lothar; Plünnecke, Axel - In: CESifo DICE Report 3 (2005) 3, pp. 43-52
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037405
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Insuffisance de la formation a la micro-electronique dans les industries mecaniques.
KH, Ebel - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1981
vocational training machinery in most countries following rapid technological changes accompanied by new skill requirements, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690095
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Practice Makes Perfect: On Professional Standards
Sällström, Susanna - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Professional standards vary across professions and also change over time. One profession which has remained perfectionist is classical music, where the amount of practising is striking compared with other professions. Practising is a matter of increasing the reliability of ones skills rather...
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Practice Makes Perfect: On Professional Standards
Sällström Matthews, S.E. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2007
Practising is a matter of increasing the reliability of ones skills rather than relying on a tool or a strike of genius to get it right. Once perfection has been achieved the individual will aim for higher quality since the effort is more likely to be worthwhile. Furthermore because the returns...
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The impact of technology transfer on employment and income distribution in developing countries : a survey of theoretical models and empirical studies
Piva, Mariacristina - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Reviews theoretical models of technology transfer, identifies measurement problems and analyses its positive and negative consequences in developing countries. Examines empirical studies on the impact of technology transfer on productivity, employment and income distribution.
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New technologies, flexible automation, work organisation and employment in manufacturing.
J, Humphrey - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1992
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Returns to Human Capital and Investment in New Technology
Luzio, Rodolfo; Dunaway, Steven Vincent; Kaufman, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2001
This paper presents a simple framework that illustrates the link between skill-based wage differentiation and human … capital acquisition given skill-biased technical progress. The analysis points to the economic costs resulting from labor … market and income redistribution policies that prevent the skill premium from playing its role in fostering human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264106
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Neue Beteiligungs- und Steuerungsprozesse in der ländlichen Entwicklung: Phase I der Begleitforschung zum Modellvorhaben
Küpper, Patrick; Kundolf, Stefan; Margarian, Anne - Bundesforschungsinstitut für Lädliche Räume, Wald … - 2014
In diesem Bericht werden die Zwischenergebnisse der Begleitforschung 2012 bis 2013 zum Modellvorhaben LandZukunft des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft (BMEL) vorgestellt. Das Modellvorhaben läuft von 2012 bis Ende 2014 in vier aus ursprünglich 17 Landkreisen ausgewählten...
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Understanding Wage Inequality: Ben-Porath Meets Skill-Biased Technical Change
Guvenen, Fatih; Kuruscu, Burhanettin - Society for Economic Dynamics - SED - 2006
to be consistent with the features of the wage distribution in 1970, and then consider the effect of skill …
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