The burgeoning literature on vocational education and training (VET) has failed to provide an adequate theoretical …

in new capital equipment and lower average levels of workforce skills in Britain. The widespread provision of full … productivity levels in British industry are 25‐30 per cent lower than in The Netherlands. This is seen to reflect slower investment …‐time vocational education in The Netherlands is said to enable Dutch employers to carry out further training to technician and craft …

China. Thus, in addition to the typical VECM test of the long run macroeconomic cointegration test, this paper examines the … improved cointegrating relationship among the economies. Findings – A successful ASEAN‐China economic cooperation would only … complement AFTA, the effective ASEAN‐China coordination plan is essential to endorse a successful ASEAN‐China coalition …

China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Design/methodology/approach – This study … trade spillover effects indicator that is showed the technology transfer to domestic firms and human capital skills …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to incorporate the spillover effects of trade on East Asian productivity, namely …

) relates to productivity by introducing a novel ICT variable: the share of ICT-schooled employees in firms, an intangible input … employees with specific (higher) education based on formal credentials and productivity are rare. Even more uncommon is the … specification, the association between the share of ICT-schooled employees and firm productivity is estimated by the use of unique …

Mankiw, Romer, and Weil's model which considers human capital in the forms of both health and education for a group of East … Asian economies including China. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical results are based on the analysis of a panel … comparison purposes. Findings – The impact of the stock of health and education on economic growth is statistically significant …

human capital brought by labor mobility and their influence on the public education investment. Design … spillover effects of human capital coming along with the regional labor mobility and the changes of public education investment … decision brought by the spillover effects in China. Findings – It has been found that the regional mobility of labor has made …

training as a stock variable. It is also found that 82 per cent of the gains in productivity are captured by firms and 18 per … and provide workers’ and firms’ shares of the productivity gains using firm-level data. Another original contribution is …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the productivity gains associated with …

cultural capital, in the context of local labour market productivity. Design/methodology/approach – As the key constituents of … human capital, identified in the literature, are both the locally generated through investment in education and the … local productivity through three stage least square estimations of the simultaneous equations CBD model. Findings – The …

artifices to face challenges derived from globalization, competitiveness, and the knowledge-based economy. Design … categories such as productivity, products diversification, human capital structure, human resources management, innovation …