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Molnar, Margit - 2023

disadvantaged backgrounds should be offered a career path through upgrading skills and lifelong learning. Inactivity rates among the … measures to escape poverty, acquire skills and integrate into the labour market. …

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Perceptions of employability among London's low-paid : "self-determination" or ethnicity?

Croucher, Richard; Ramakrishnan, Sumeetra; Rizov, Marian; … - 2018

We investigate how ethnicity, gender and other characteristics affect low-paid workers' perceptions of their employability in London's labour market, examining self-efficacy, ethnic and dual labour market theories. We find that perceptions vary considerably, both between genders and ethnicities...

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Productivity gap between tradable and non-tradable industries and duality in higher education

Brezis, Elise S.; Brand, Gilad - 2017

Over the last decades, productivity in the tradable sector rose substantially, while in the non-tradable sector, output per worker has remained the same, despite a similar increase in human capital in both sectors. This paper emphasizes that duality in higher education as well as heterogeneous...

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The impact of trade and technology on skills in Viet Nam

Poole, Jennifer P.; Santos-Paulino, Amelia U.; … - 2017

markets and access to digital technologies affect the demand for different types of skills, by exploiting the fact that …

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Skills and earnings : a multidimensional perspective on human capital

Woessmann, Ludger - 2024

The multitude of tasks performed in the labor market requires skills in many dimensions. Traditionally, human capital …, and social skills as three important dimensions of basic skills. Recent advances in text analysis of online job postings … skills and earnings, including the matching of skill supply and demand, will enhance our understanding of the role of human …

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The impact of globalization and technology transfer on manufacturing employment and skills in Ethiopia

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013

There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied technological transfer. Using a sample of 1,940 enterprises...

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Services trade and labour market outcomes in the United Kingdom

Lassmann, Andrea; Spinelli, Francesca - 2020

Services trade has become increasingly important, yet its impact on employment has been understudied at present. This paper uses fine-grained data on firm- and worker-level information to shed light on the impact of services trade on employment and wages in the United Kingdom. It finds that...

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A fresh chance for Africa's youth labour market effects of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)

Lungu, Ioana - 2019

The African Continental Free Trade Area marks a historic decision on the road to regional economic integration on the continent. If implemented, the agreement has the potential to make a significant impact on improving the livelihoods of the African people, by increasing intra-African trade and...

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Productivity gap between tradable and non-tradable industries and duality in higher education

Brezis, Elise S.; Brand, Gilad - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012057419

The impact of trade and technology on skills in Viet Nam

Poole, Jennifer P.; Santos-Paulino, Amelia U.; … - 2017

markets and access to digital technologies affect the demand for different types of skills, by exploiting the fact that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011853000