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Essays on the Role of Specific Human Capital
Hu, Xiaohan - 2007
Human capital theory states that workers' knowledge and skills increase their productivity and thus raise their … on the earnings cost of displacement by distinguishing the earnings losses between high technology (hi-tech) displaced … demonstrate that earnings decline substantially upon displacement and then recover gradually. Hi-tech displaced workers suffer …
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The effect of the war on human capital in Ukraine and the path for rebuilding
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Kudlyak, Marianna; Şahin, Ayşegül - 2022
In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ensuing war has a devastating destructing impact in Ukraine. This article focuses on the humanitarian cost of war. The article develops a framework for the analysis of the effect of a war on country's human capital. We then...
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Unpacking skill bias: automation and new tasks
Acemoglu, Daron; Restrepo, Pascual - 2020
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Heterogeneous displacement effects of migrant labor supply : quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
Scharfbillig, Mario; Weißler, Marco - 2019
net of their additional spending at arrival that might mask labor market displacement effects. Despite this, we do not …
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Specialization and career dynamics : evidence from the Indian administrative service
Ferguson, John-Paul; Hasan, Sharique - In: Administrative science quarterly : ASQ ; dedicated to … 58 (2013) 2, pp. 233-256
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Occupational sex-segregation, specialized human capital and wages : evidence from Britain
Perales, Francisco - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 27 (2013) 4, pp. 600-620
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Town and city jobs : job contents, skills and city size
Kok, Suzanne - 2012 - Incomplete and draft version
Large metropolitan regions with pollution, congestion and high rents remain the supernatural economic places. The mystery of what exactly raises productivity in large cities continues. Going back to the famous pin factory of Adam Smith, the answer might be that city workers are able to...
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How IT progress affects returns to specialization and social skills
Kiener, Fabienne; Eggenberger, Christian; … - 2022 - First draft
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Occupational feminization, specialized human capital and wages: Evidence from the British labour market
Perales, Francisco - 2010
Research has consistently demonstrated a negative and significant relationship between occupational feminization and wages. This has traditionally been attributed to societal mechanisms undervaluing the work mainly performed by women. More recently, empirical evidence from the US and Europe has...
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The economics of productive systems : segmentation and skill-biased change
Duranton, Gilles - 1998
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