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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation
Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022
' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect … on radical product innovation. However, a positive impact of training apprentices is observed in case of incremental …
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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2021
' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495922
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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation
Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022 - Updated version
' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013256335
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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2022 - Updated version
a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013201725
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Innovation, productivity, and training
Dostie, Benoît - 2014
stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms …' human capital investments and innovation performance, the Canadian longitudinal linked employer-employee data from 1999 … training leads to more product and process innovation, with on-the-job training playing a role that is as important as …
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Technology adoption and skills : a pilot study of Kent SMEs
Robinson, Catherine; Siegel, Christian; Liao, Sisi - 2021
Does the successful deployment of digital technologies require complementary investment in skills? We conducted a pilot survey to investigate. The survey elicited information on whether the firm was adopting one of the three digital technologies of interest (AI, robotics, big data), provided...
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Making intense skills training work at scale : evidence on business and labor market outcomes in Tanzania
Calderone, Margherita; Fiala, Nathan; Melyoki, Lemayon … - 2022
Improving youth labor market outcomes is a primary concern for countries around the world. We conduct a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania on an intense gender-sensitive skills training program that worked with over 53,000 youth in the region. After two years, we find the program increased...
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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer-supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose C.; Voia, Marcel-Christian; … - 2015
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
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In-firm training, innovation and productivity : the case of Caribbean small island developing states
Mohan, Preeya; Strobl, Eric; Watson, Patrick K. - 2017
. This study uses the World Bank Enterprise Survey (WBES) 2010 and Compete Caribbean's Productivity Technology Innovation … play a relatively small role and may not even matter for innovation and productivity. …
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Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level : the case of Italian manufacturing
Bratti, Massimiliano; Leombruni, Roberto - 2009
We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level (blue collars and white collars), Population Census information on the local stock of human capital available to firms and survey information on firm characteristics to...
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