-competent workforce, as supported by firms’ training and recruitment plans. Conversely, ODT investment does not significantly alter total …

employer-paid training can help explain the relative return to cognitive skills during recent recessions due to lower training …Although recessions negatively affect labor market outcomes, we find that individuals with greater cognitive skills … decrease in the returns to cognitive skills over the last few decades, on average. We argue that changes in the provision of …

who can signal their high level of specific skills earn seven to ten percent more than identical students lacking such a … signal. The signal allows workers to find jobs in more productive firms and sectors that better use their skills. The …

technological change. After an introduction of main innovation theories, the role of skills is analyzed from several perspectives …: (1) Independent innovator – entrepreneur; skills deployed and needed; the role of education (2)Firm –the contribution of … services with regard to skilled labor. Also addressed is the impact of innovation on skills. The shortage of skilled labor is …

report will present some foresight studies about work and skills in Europe and USA, in order to contribute to think about …

partial or no subsidy) positively effects the probability of participating in a spoken English training program. Conversely …, distance to the training center, pre-existing knowledge of spoken English, and past enrollment in a similar course act as …