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The interplay of corruption, human capital, and unemployment in Indonesia : implications for economic development

Triatmanto, Boge; Bawono, Suryaning - In: Journal of economic criminology 2 (2023), pp. 1-9

This study was conducted by examining the interrelationships between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment in Indonesia. We use data sourced from the World Bank and Transparency International with the period used from 1996 to 2021. This study aims to examine the relationship that exists...

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Optimal degree of remote work

Bertram, Justus; Ruhnke, Carsten S.; Schöndube, Jens Robert - 2024

As a new work style remote work has become an increasingly important factor for firms and their employees. Employees potentially benefit from a higher flexibility when working remotely. Firms can make use of this non-financial benefit to increase their attractiveness on the job market and to...

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The adoption of ChatGPT

Humlum, Anders; Vestergaard, Emilie - 2024

We study the adoption of ChatGPT, the icon of Generative AI, using a large-scale survey experiment linked to comprehensive register data in Denmark. Surveying 100,000 workers from 11 exposed occupations, we document ChatGPT is pervasive: half of workers have used it, with younger, less...

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Gary Becker : Model Economic Scientist

Heckman, James J. - 2015

This paper presents Gary Becker's approach to conducting creative, empirically fruitful economic research. It describes the traits and methodology that made him such a productive and influential scholar

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Immigration, Endogenous Technology Adoption and Wages

Pandey, Manish - 2015

We document that immigration to U.S. states has increased the mass of workers at the lower range of the skill distribution. We use this change in skill distribution of workers to analyze the effect of immigration on wages. Our model allows firms to endogenously respond to the immigration-induced...

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Which Explanations for Gender Differences in Competition are Consistent with a Simple Theoretical Model?

Cotton, Christopher - 2015

A number of recent studies show that males may increase their performance by more than females in response to competitive incentives. The literature suggests that such a male competitive advantage may contribute to observed gender gaps in the labor force pay and achievement. Understanding which...

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The Knowledge Tax

Simkovic, Michael - 2015

Government subsidies to higher education have recently become a hot button political issue. But what if the federal … government doesn't actually subsidize higher education, but rather, taxes it? This article gauges efficient investment levels … return to higher education have remained much higher than the rates of return to other investments. This article proposes a …

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Fair Labor Association

Camilleri, Mark Anthony - 2021

The Fair Labor Association (FLA) is a non-profit collaborative effort of universities, civil society organisations and socially-responsible companies. FLA promotes adherence to international and national labour laws as this non-governmental organisation advocates for greater accountability and...

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John Tomer’s Reconceptualization of the Concept of Human Capital

Davis, John B. - 2021

the standard mainstream view of the concept as narrowly focused on education and training and as seeing investments in …

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Motivating Inventors : Non-competes, Innovation Value and Efficiency

He, Zhaozhao - 2021

Non-compete agreements help protect business investments by restricting worker mobility, thereby increasing firm incentives to invest. Yet, they could damage the efficacy of innovation investments that crucially rest on employee incentives. Exploiting staggered reforms of state non-compete...

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