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Does human capital endowment of FDI recipient countries really matter? Evidence from cross-country firm level data
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Dimova, Ralitza - 2012
enterprises to focus more on job-specific training than on formal education of the labour force. Using cross-country data from the … textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282472
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Does Human Capital Endowment of FDI Recipient Countries Really Matter? Evidence from Cross-Country Firm Level Data
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Dimova, Ralitza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
enterprises to focus more on job-specific training than on formal education of the labour force. Using cross-country data from the … textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652527
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Does human capital endowment of FDI recipient countries really matter? : evidence from cross-country firm level data
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Dimova, Ralitza - 2012
enterprises to focus more on job-specific training than on formal education of the labour force. Using cross-country data from the … textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing … countries than formal education of the work force. -- human capital ; training ; firm-level efficiency ; multinational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009531948
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Does Human Capital Endowment of FDI Recipient Countries Really Matter? Evidence from Cross-Country Firm Level Data
Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2012
enterprises to focus more on job-specific training than on formal education of the labour force. Using cross-country data from the … textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105622
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Education Systems and Foreign Direct Investment : Does External Efficiency Matter?
Wendlassida Miningou, Elise - 2017
This paper examines the effect of the efficiency of the education system on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). First, it focuses on the external efficiency and applies a frontier-based measure as a proxy of the ability of countries to optimally convert the average years of schooling into income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012956477
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Does Human Capital Endowment of FDI Recipient Countries Really Matter? Evidence from Cross-Country Firm Level Data
Bhaumik, Sumon K. - 2012
enterprises to focus more on job-specific training than on formal education of the labour force. Using cross-country data from the … textiles and garments industry, we demonstrate that training indeed has greater impact on firm efficiency in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109436
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The contribution of multinational enterprises to labor productivity : the case of Israel
Slobodnitsky, Tatiana; Drucker, Lev; Geva, Assaf - 2018
We examine the impact of multinational enterprises (MNEs) on labor productivity in two ways: 1) creating high-paying jobs; and 2) improving employees’ human capital. Our analysis is based on a unique database that matches workers to companies, for the 450 largest companies in Israel, during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853632
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Repeated selection with heterogenous individuals and relative age effects
Dawid, Herbert; Mühlheusser, Gerd - 2012
of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart from their ability to transform training into skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281864
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Repeated selection with heterogenous individuals and relative age effects
Dawid, Herbert; Muehlheusser, Gerd - 2012
of training they receive, which is often allocated on the basis of repeated selection. We analyze optimal selection … policies in a model of endogenous skill formation where, apart from their ability to transform training into skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282330
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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276931