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This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the … also holds for older workers, suggesting that firm-provided training may be an important instrument to retain older workers … Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual …
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The objective of this paper is to learn about the effects of the adjustment costs, economic growth, imports and exports on human capital labor demand. The dynamic model proposed by Sargent (1978) was adjusted to consider three types of human capital: (a) one with fundamental education (1–8...
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Using linked employer-employee data from Finland, we examine the mobility of workers between establishments as a source … of productivity-affecting knowledge spillovers. We find evidence that hiring workers from more productive establishments …
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productivity irrespective of occupation or ability level, though it seems to be of particular importance for workers in a …
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We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...
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employment prospects of less skilled workers. -- regional employment growth ; low-skilled employment ; skill segregation …
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investigated using ISCO professional groups, with a distinction between Managers, Clerks, Craft and Manual workers. We show that …
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reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall …
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Contrary to employees, there is no clear evidence that entrepreneurs' education positively effects income. In this study we propose that entrepreneurs can benefit from their education as a signal during the recruitment process of employees. This process is then assumed to follow a matching of...
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