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Intelligence, Self-confidence and Entrepreneurship

Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities

Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas; Öckert, Björn - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

We study the intergenerational transmission of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities between fathers and sons using population-wide enlistment data. Measurement error bias in fathers’ ability measures is corrected for using two sets of instruments. Results suggest that previous estimates of...

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Services in Industry: An International Comparison

Pousette, Tomas - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1987

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The Importance of Cognitive and Social Skills for the Duration of Unemployment

Niepel, Verena - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in adolescence and early adulthood. I estimate a flexible proportional hazard rate model for the probability of making a transition from unemployment to employment during an individual’s...

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Employment of ICT Specialists in the EU 2000-2012

Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This study examines the evolution of the number of ICT-skilled workers employed in industry sectors in the EU28 over the period 2000-2012. Data are taken from the Eurostat Labour Force Statistics. It introduces a novel definition of ICT specialists that combines occupations and skills...

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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital. Evidence from 3 European countries

Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending … on innovation. The empirical application, carried out on about 10,500 firms located in 3 EU countries (i.e. Germany … firm’s AC providing it occurs within the national boundaries. The transformation of AC into actual innovation is favoured …

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The Potential of Time Banks to support Social Inclusion and Employability: An investigation of the use of reciprocal volunteering and complementary currencies for social impact

Boyle, David - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

Time banks are systems which measure and reward the effort people make in their neighbourhoods, supporting other people – often in very informal ways – and which allows people also to draw down informal support when they need it. In different ways, they use time as a kind of ‘money’ to...

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Internet-mediated Volunteering in the EU: Its history, prevalence, and approaches and how it relates to employability and social inclusion

Cravens, Jayne - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This is a review of Internet-mediated volunteering in European Union (EU) countries. It assesses the current status of such in EU countries and identifies key actors and stakeholders, drivers and barriers, uptake and usage, and potential challenges and risks for users, donors, policy makers and...

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Absorptive capacity, innovation cooperation and human-capital. Evidence from 3 European countries

Franco, Chiara; Marzucchi, Alberto; Montresor, Sandro - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2012

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Are ICT Displacing Workers? Evidence from Seven European Countries

Biagi, Federico; Pantea, Smaranda; Sabadash, Anna - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2014

This paper examines whether ICT substitute labour and reduce the demand for labour. We used firm-level comparable data separately for firms in manufacturing, services and ICT-producing sectors from seven European countries. We adopted a common methodology and applied it to a unique dataset...

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