There is an increasing trend in the pattern of world migration of educated and skilled individuals leaving developing countries for developed ones. This has created much concern about a so-called “brain drain”. As the name suggests, the brain drain was believed by early commentators to be...

This study investigates the well-researched relationship between migration and the formation of human capital in the source region using a novel instrument: the existence of a local train station. We make use of Chinese panel data and of the fact that the decision to build a new train station is...

Die derzeitigen wirtschaftlichen Schwierigkeiten für zahlreiche Unternehmen dürften den strukturellen Trend zur Digitalisierung weiter verstärken. Unternehmen werden gerade in der Krise über ihre Nutzung der technischen Möglichkeiten entscheiden, auch wenn noch nicht absehbar ist, inwieweit...

We assess, via an experiment across 207 secondary schools, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. The reform introduced interactive pedagogy and a focus on business skills in the country's required upper...

New jobs will be created because of the Industry 4.0 concept implementation needs, employers will require new, especially digital skills and abilities from their employees. There is a need to change teaching and educational techniques in all types of schools, and instead of being specialized...

Die technologiegetriebene Weiterentwicklung der Geschäftsmodelle ist für die Zukunft der beruflichen Bildung von großer Bedeutung. Digitale Kompetenzen - wie beispielsweise Digital Literacy, Digitale Interaktion, Kollaboration, Medienkompetenz - sind ein unverzichtbarer Bestandteil der...

In this paper, we use the Chinese General Social Survey data to analyse the returns to upper secondary vocational education in China. To address possible endogeneity of vocational training due to omitted heterogeneity, we construct a novel instrumental variable using the proportion of tertiary...

In this paper, we use the Chinese General Social Survey data to analyse the returns to upper secondary vocational education in China. To address possible endogeneity of vocational training due to omitted heterogeneity, we construct a novel instrumental variable using the proportion of tertiary...

We assess, via an experiment across 207 secondary schools, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. The reform introduced interactive pedagogy and a focus on business skills in the country’s required upper...