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Black, Dan; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2023

Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...

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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries

Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro Silva - 2000

?the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality – Austria, Finland, France …

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The impact of continuous training on a firm's innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - 2008

implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers' knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …

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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises

Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012

This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of...

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Should continued family firms face lower taxes than other estates?

Grossmann, Volker; Strulik, Holger - 2008

Inheritance taxes may induce heirs to discontinue family firms. Because firm dissolution incurs transaction costs, a preferential tax treatment of transferred family businesses seems to be desirable from a macroeconomic viewpoint. The support of dynastic succession, however, entails also a cost...

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Alleinerziehende in der Betreuungsplatzvergabe: Status quo und Handlungsempfehlungen

Steinberg, Hannah S.; Schüller, Simone; Öztürk, Yasmin; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 104 (2024) 5, pp. 336-342

Alleinerziehende Eltern und ihre Kinder profitieren besonders von frühkindlichen Bildungs- und Betreuungsangeboten. Dennoch erhalten in Deutschland knapp ein Drittel der Alleinerziehenden mit Betreuungsbedarf für ihre unter dreijährigen Kinder keinen Betreuungsplatz. Obwohl rund 70 % der...

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Sinkendes Leistungsniveau, hohe Chancenungleichheit: Stand und Handlungsoptionen für die deutsche Schulbildung

Freundl, Vera; Pfaehler, Franziska; Schoner, Florian; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 4, pp. 233-237

Bildung spielt eine zentrale Rolle für die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung eines Landes, daher hat die Ampelregierung im Koalitionsvertrag diverse Vorhaben in der Bildungspolitik angekündigt. Neben dem DigitalPakt Schule, der die digitale Infrastruktur an Schulen verbessern soll, sollen das...

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Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier: Die frühe Bildung muss endlich stärker in den Fokus rücken!

Spieß, C. Katharina - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 4, pp. 238-241

Given the high benefits of early education, it is particularly noteworthy that new studies of child development during and shortly after the coronavirus pandemic show negative effects on children. This is true for cognitive and non-cognitive skills as well as mental health. Children from low SES...

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Bildungschancen verbessern: Familien unterstützen

Anger, Christina; Plünnecke, Axel - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 4, pp. 242-244

The deteriorating competencies of pupils in recent years and the increasing inequality of educational opportunities threaten to re-duce the supply of skilled labour and innovative strength in Germany. The diminishing educational opportunities begin with the fact that parents from educationally...

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Der Weg zu einer zukunftsfähigen Familienpolitik

Allmendinger, Jutta; Boden, Michelle - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 9, pp. 595-599

Before the 2023 summer recess, family policy was, surprisingly, the centre of political debate. Guaranteed child allowance, the abolition of parental benefits for the highest earners, the abolition of income tax relief for married couples, and the pension for surviving dependents were up for...

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