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Implications of Higher Education on Earnings: An Empirical Analysis of Skills and Competence

Xia, Belle Selene; Liitiäinen, Elia - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 7 (2016) 1, pp. 50-64

One of the central topics in the research of higher education is the degree of match between education and work as measured by earnings. Traditional literature has shown the correlation between the duration of studies and earnings in the work life. The authors' present study aims to enlarge this...

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Urban Development Through Smart Cities in India

Baporikar, Neeta - In: International Journal of Civic Engagement and Social … 3 (2016) 3, pp. 36-49

India is on the path of developing its smart cities at a faster pace in near future. But what constitutes a smart city and what is purpose of this focus remains to be explored. Through in depth literature review and grounded approach this paper, appraises the genesis of smart city to develop a...

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Using an Online Data Portal and Prototype Analysis Tools in an Investigation of Spatial Livability Planning

Rajabifard, Abbas; Bishop, Ian D.; Eagleson, Serryn; … - In: International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR) 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-21

explore separate facets of livability (employment, housing, health service and walkability), their outputs flow through to the …

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Is “START-UP NY” Starting Up NY?: A Post-Keynesian Case Study Analysis

Jean-Snarr, Lynn B.; Snarr, Hal; Friesner, Daniel L. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship … 2 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12

This article describes how “START-UP NY” is a state-funded economic development program that encourages businesses to locate to several of its college campuses in exchange for a 0% tax rate for business and their employees. While the program has received much coverage in the popular press,...

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Comparative Advantage and Job Formation in California and Texas

Nickelsburg, Jerry - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 3 (2011) 1

By most measures the economy of the state of Texas is doing better than that of California. Texas has an unemployment rate 4% below California, it is considered to have a more conducive business climate than California and its attractiveness has caused immigration rates to Texas to be the...

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The Economic Impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in California

Avalos, Antonio; Alley, Sean - In: California Journal of Politics and Policy 2 (2010) 1

Using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data in an input-output (IO) model, this paper assesses the economic impact and foregone economic impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in the 58 counties in California in 2006, the most recent year for which data are available. Findings show EITC...

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An Integrative Approach to Measuring Economic Convergence: The Case of the European Union

Bunyaratavej, Kraiwinee; Hahn, Eugene D. - In: Global Economy Journal 5 (2005) 2

overall, but that employment convergence is happening at a considerably slower pace than are the other types of convergence. …

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The Role of Wage and Skill Differences in US-German Employment Differences / Die Bedeutung von Lohn- und Qualifikationsunterschieden für die deutschen-amerikanischen Beschäftigungs...

Freeman, Richard B.; Schettkat, Ronald - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 219 (1999) 1-2, pp. 49-66

Comparative German American Structural Database and the International Adult Literacy Survey we find that: 1. Employment rates … lower skill levels. 4. The employment of skilled to unskilled labour within industries is unrelated to country differences … in skill premium but changes in relatives wages are related to changes in relative employment. 5. The differing …

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International Trade and the Skill Structure of Wages and Employment in West Germany / Außenhandel und die Qualifikationsstruktur von Löhnen und Beschäftigung in Westdeutschland

Fitzenberger, Bernd - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 219 (1999) 1-2, pp. 67-89

were increasing disproportionately both for low- and high-skilled labor whereas employment trends were favoring higher …

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Employment and Investment of the West German Industry 1968-1998. A Descriptive Analysis / Beschäftigung und Investitionen in der westdeutschen Industrie 1968-1998. Eine deskriptive...

Kirchesch, Kai - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 221 (2001) 5-6, pp. 473-490

the business cycles because of the lower volatility of their employment and investment. The results of the following … Businesses or the Census of Employment. The few studies about the employment and investment behaviour in the West German industry … large industrial enterprises with regard to their employment and investment behaviour for the period between 1968 and 1998 …

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