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Investment in human capital during incarceration and employment prospects of prisoners
Giles, Margaret; Le, Anh Tram - 2009
management of prisoners has changed, with more prisoners being encouraged to undertake some form of education, training and … 2003 Survey of Prisoners in Western Australia, the decision of prisoners to invest in education/training during their … prison term and the potential labour market outcomes of this investment. The results suggest that prisoners use education/training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275693
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Better Harnessing Talent and Knowledge to Boost Sustainable Medium-term Growth in Spain
Haugh, David; Westmore, Ben - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Structural transformation towards a more knowledge-based economy will strengthen Spain’s medium-term growth prospects. To deal with long standing impediments to higher growth the government has a substantial structural reform programme touching on education, the labour market and the business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276892
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Investment in Human Capital during Incarceration and Employment Prospects of Prisoners
Giles, Margaret; Le, Anh Tram - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
management of prisoners has changed, with more prisoners being encouraged to undertake some form of education, training and … 2003 Survey of Prisoners in Western Australia, the decision of prisoners to invest in education/training during their … prison term and the potential labour market outcomes of this investment. The results suggest that prisoners use education/training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469702
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Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe: Challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises
De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina - 2020
community, including workers, managers and owners of the formal as well as of the informal economy, on how environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013346850
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Gulf Migration Study: Employment, Wages and Working Conditions of Kerala Emigrants in the United Arab Emirates
Rajan, S. Irudaya; Prakash, B.A.; Zachariah, K. C. - eSocialSciences - 2010
; document changes in the labour demand for different categories of emigrant workers, enumerate the emigration policies, examine … training requirements of future emigrants to UAE. [Working Paper No. 326] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727212
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Environmental integrity and doing business in Zimbabwe : challenges and engagement of sustainable enterprises
De Gobbi, Maria Sabrina - 2020
community, including workers, managers and owners of the formal as well as of the informal economy, on how environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012220131
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Why do educated mothers matter? A model of parental help
Canova, Luciano; Vaglio, Alessandro - 2010
This paper investigates the role performed by mothers in affecting their childrens' performance at school. The article develops firstly a theoretical model in which household (parent-child pair) is treated as an individual, whose utility depends both on the performance at school of the student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303836
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The Value of an Educated Population for an Individual's Entrepreneurship Success
Millan, Jose Maria; Congregado, Emilio; Roman, Concepcion; … - 2011
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship performance. The entrepreneur's human capital is, though, only one of the input factors into the production process of her venture. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325662
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Employment Assimilation of Immigrants in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2008
Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up. Caribbean immigrants,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325696
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Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism
Assaad, Ragui - 2013
It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329175