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In cities, complementarity between a low-skilled and a high-skilled workforce can promote each other to improve labor … workforce in cities in the People's Republic of China (PRC) along with its changes, and drew the following three conclusions …. First, a highly skilled workforce is the engine of urban development, increasing urban wages and population. Second, big …
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This paper analyzes whether workplace employee representation (ER) affects the design of firm hierarchies. We rationalize the role of ER within a knowledge-based model of hierarchies, where the firm's choice of hierarchical layers depends on the trade-off between communication and knowledge...
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Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that workers with firm-specific skills retire earlier. This paper tests this prediction using US data...
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We consider the links between training, the quality of labour and establishment performance, using a proxy for performance, commercial survival. We develop a model in which managers have varying beliefs about the efficacy of education and training, leading to potential variation in the optimal...
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