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The impact of class absenteeism on undergraduates’ academic performance: evidence from an elite Economics school in Portugal
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842595
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The level of human capital in innovative firms located in China. Is foreign capital relevant?
Shu, Li; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2010
between FDI, Human Capital and Innovation at a corporate level. Based on a set of large and innovative firms (national and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008725676
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Life Expectancy and Schooling: New Insights from Cross-Country Data
Hazan, Moshe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
I argue that distinguishing between life expectancy at birth and life expectancy beyond the crucial early childhood years affects the relationship between life expectancy and schooling in a meaningful way. In particular, I show that while the change in life expectancy at birth between 1960 and...
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Economic growth, human capital and structural change: an empirical analysis
Queirós, Anabela; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2014
growth. It is also shown that the interaction between human capital and structural change towards high knowledge … period of analysis. Specifically, in the long term and in developed countries, where knowledge-intensive industries already … specialization in high-tech and knowledge-intensive activities emerged as negative. …
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Downward, Paul; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
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Reorganization of Firms and Labour Market Inequality
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper explores the implications of the ongoing reorganization of firms for inequality in the labour market. We show how recent technological advances in physical and human capital can lead to the breakdown of occupational barriers, creating demands for new combinations of skills, and...
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Technical Progress and Early Retirement
Ahituv, Avner; Zeira, Joseph - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
This Paper claims that technical progress induces early retirement of older workers. It supports this claim both theoretically and empirically. We present a model where part of human capital is technology-specific, so that technical progress erodes some existing human capital. This affects...
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The Economics of Human Cloning
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In this Paper, we analyse the extent to which market forces create an incentive for cloning human beings. We show that a market for cloning arises if a large enough fraction of the clone's income can be appropriated by its model. Only people with the highest ability are cloned, while people at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792154
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British Economic Growth Since 1945: Relative Economic Decline .... and Renaissance?
Bean, Charles R; Crafts, Nicholas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
The paper contains a thorough review of explanations for the weak British growth performance of the 1950s through the 1970s and an assessment of the long-term implications of the 1980s attempt to escape from relative decline. The analysis draws on recent work in growth theory and places...
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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence
Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To this end the strategy proposed by Ackerberg, Caves and Frazer (2006) for estimating production functions to control for the endogeneity of input factors and training is applied....
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