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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
opportunities that are accessible to all and aligned with skill needs, will be essential to equip Thai people with the right skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421216
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Inclusive labour markets in the digital era : the case of Austria
Ziemann, Volker - 2017
Digitalisation is one of the megatrends affecting societies and labour markets, alongside demographic change and globalisation. The fourth industrial revolution will redesign production processes and alter the relationships between work and leisure, capital and labour, the rich and the poor, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823618
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Do digital skill certificates help new workers enter the market? : evidence from an online labour platform
Kässi, Otto; Lehdonvirta, Vili - 2019
This paper studies the effects of a voluntary skill certification scheme in an online freelancing labour market. The … paper show that obtaining skill certificates increases a worker’s earnings. This effect is not driven by increased worker …). In addition, the paper finds evidence for negative selection to completing skill certificates, which suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011975637
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Who are the top 1 % earners in Europe?
Denk, Oliver - 2015
Top earners have become the subject of intense public and scholarly debate. This is the first paper that comprehensively documents the profiles of the 1% highest paid employees across 18 European countries. The data come from the largest harmonised source available, an employer-based survey that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011576958
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The short-term effects of structural reforms : an empirical analysis
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - 2012
Drawing on new empirical analysis of 30 years of structural reforms across the OECD, this paper sheds light on the impact of reforms over time, identifies the horizon over which their full effects materialise, and investigates whether such effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009690161
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Why do Russian firms use fixed-term and agency work contracts?
Smirnykh, Larisa; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2013
work contracts is not uniform across sectors, size and skill requirements. Probit analysis reveals that the use of fixed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696076
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
apprenticeships could help to raise skill levels while aligning them better to the economy’s needs. All this has an important bearing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231025
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Automation, skills use and training
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Quintini, Glenda - 2018
characteristics of these jobs and the characteristics of the workers who hold them. The risk is also assessed against the use of ICT …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011886861
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Technology and the future of work in emerging economies : what is different
Alonso Soto, Daniel - 2020
Technological developments are likely to bring many new opportunities, which may be even larger in emerging economies and may allow them to “leapfrog” certain stages of development. Notwithstanding these opportunities, emerging economies face significant challenges associated with rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180232
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The effect of computer use on job quality : evidence from Europe
Salvatori, Andrea; Menon, Seetha; Zwysen, Wouter - 2018
This paper studies changes in computer use and job quality in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2015. We document that while the proportion of workers using computers has increased from 40% to more than 60% over twenty years, there remain significant differences between countries even within the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793086