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Visualizing the evolving fit of education and economy : the case of ICT education in Norway
Capasso, Marco; Spjelkavik Mark, Michael - 2019
education and an economy. The steps help to detect cross-sectoral skills, originating in a given education path, and to connect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137539
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the … capacity of Thailand’s education and training system to develop relevant skills from the pre-primary to higher education level …, and explores the current state of skills imbalances in the country. It identifies accessibility of schooling, provision of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421216
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Human capital and the size distribution of firms
Gomes, Pedro; Kuehn, Zoë - 2014
Countries that have relatively fewer workers with a secondary education have smaller firms. The shortage of skilled workers limits the growth of more productive firms. Two factors influence the availability of skilled workers: i) the education level of the workforce and ii) large public sectors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370104
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Implications of the changing nature of work for employment and inequality in Ghana
Gradín, Carlos; Schotte, Simone - 2020
In this paper, we analyse the role of the changing nature of occupational employment and wages in explaining the trend in earnings inequality in Ghana between 2006 and 2017, a period in which there was a substantial transformation of the economy, with workers moving out of agriculture and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299768
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Two and a half million Syrian refugees, skill mix and capital intensity
Akgündüz, Yusuf Emre; Torun, Huzeyfe - 2018
We investigate how the rapid increase in the low-skilled labor supply induced by the inflow of 2.5 million Syrian refugees changed the tasks performed by native workers and the amount of capital used by firms in Turkey. Despite the unexpected nature of the refugee inflow, location choice of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131237
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Determinanti della domanda di laureati nell'industria manifatturiera italiana
Arrighetti, A.; Curatolo, S.; Lasagni, A. - Facoltà di Economia, Università degli Studi di Parma - 2008
Tertiary education attainment of italian labour force, particularly in the manufacturing industry, shows empirically a large gap with respect to the other OECD countries, although human capital growth has been increasingly addressed as one of the main channel towards productivity, competitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005772815
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Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Schlitte, Frisco - 2010
Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. The local skill structure is frequently regarded as a major cause for regional growth disparities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009161911
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The dynamics of skills : technology and business cycles
Cirillo, Valeria; Pianta, Mario; Nascia, Leopoldo - 2015
, Spain, Italy and United Kingdom) over the period 1999-2011, For the first time, these relationships are separately … (2007-2011) in order to assess the impact of cycles on employment and skill dynamics, and their determinants. Skills are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390045
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Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Schlitte, Friso - 2010
Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. Local human capital has a likely effect on skill specific productivity levels and employment growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008758000
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Labour Skills, Economic Returns, and Automatability in Thailand
Jithitikulchai, Theepakorn - 2020
show that provincial GDP per capita increased with non-routine cognitive analytical skills, non-routine interpersonal … skills, and routine cognitive skills in a monotonic way, while economic value has an inverse relationship with routine manual … physical skills. Trends in skill content and intensities in aggregate production demonstrate that progress has slowed over the …
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