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Working and caring. Opportunities and Social Issues Raised by Technologies.

Cullen, K.; Clarkin, N. - European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 1994

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Adjusting to a New Technology: Experience and Training

Helpman, E.; Rangel, A. - Foerder Institute for Economic Research, Eitan Berglas … - 1998

acquire by working with a technology, and knowledge, that they acquire via education and training. …A small literature on General Purpose Technology has emerged in recent years. It has studied a number of channels … through which a new technology affects the economy, such as secondary innovations and diffusion. Our goal is to examine new …

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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey

Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 7 (2003) Fall, pp. 1-2

This seventh issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains seven articles. Topics covered include the long-run economic performance and prospects in Canada, the impact of capital accumulation on productivity growth in Canada,...

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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity

Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26

. Levels of postsecondary educational attainment, especially university education, are found to be important determinants of … university education relative to that in the United States, and by increasing R&D spending and the capital intensity of …

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 1-2

The fifth issue of the International Productivity Monitor published by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains six articles. Topics covered are: the Canada-US manufacturing productivity gap; trends in Canadian living standards; the impact of economic reform on British productivity...

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 1-2

This sixth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains seven articles. Topics covered are lessons for Canada from the U.S. growth resurgence; the factors explaining higher productivity levels in the United States than in Canada;...

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Lessons for Canada from the U.S. Growth Resurgence

Jorgenson, Dale W.; Ho, Mun S.; Stiroh, Kevin J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 3-18

the intermediate future. They point out that information technology investment reflects the overall momentum of the …

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Age, Technology and Labour Costs

Daveri, Francesco; Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006

, education and plant vintage) are included in the analysis. We conclude that workforce aging may be a burden for firms in high …

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The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: panel data evidence

Faggio, Giulia; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

There has been a remarkable increase in wage inequality in the US, UK and many other countries over the past three decades. A significant part of this appears to be within observable groups (such as age-gender-skill cells). A generally untested implication of many theories rationalizing the...

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