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Carmichael, Fiona; Ercolani, Marco; Kang, Lili; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of training and education on productivity, in particular linking to a literature … that emphasizes the need to reorganise production following adoption of ICT. The paper examines training at the total … examines the characteristics of those who receive training and outlines the incentives that underlie this. …

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Intangible training capital and productivity in Europe

O’Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

workforce training and productivity in European Union original members states. Training activities are modelled as intangible … training on productivity, both direct and interacted with ICT, with different impacts in services than in production industries …

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Two Perspectives on Multiskilling and Product Market Volatility

DeVaro, Jed; Farnham, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We study the effect of product market volatility on a firm’s choice between multiskilling and specialization. We construct a theoretical model that captures the tradeoff between multiskilling (which gives greater flexibility to reassign workers in production) and specialization (which provides...

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Does high involvement management lead to higher pay?

Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Using nationally representative survey data for Finnish employees linked to register data on their wages and work histories we find wage effects of high involvement management (HIM) practices are generally positive and significant. However, employees with better wage and work histories are more...

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Labor Markets and School-to-Work Transition in Egypt: Diagnostics, Constraints, and Policy Framework

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Analysis in this policy note indicates a rapid deterioration in employment opportunities for young individuals transitioning from school to work in Egypt. Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising employment and participation and in lowering...

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Stakeholder Analysis as a Tool for Systems Approach Research in HRD

Yawson, Robert M.; Greiman, Bradley - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The world is experiencing significant, largely economic and sociotechnical, induced change. These induced changes are meaningful with a function of people taking collective actions around common beliefs. These changes are more than jargon, cliché and hyperbole, and they are effecting major...

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Unit labour costs in Malta: Trends and international comparisons

Grech, Aaron George - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004

Appraisals of international competitiveness are increasingly focusing on unit labour costs. In this paper, a unit labour costs measure is derived for the Maltese economy for the last two decades. In order to take into account structural shifts, separate indices are also derived for the effective...

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Human Capital Investment through Education and Training: an Overview

Dhaoui, Elwardi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

particular towards improving the education and training of people throughout the life cycle. Similarly, in the perspective of …

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Unemployment among educated youth: implications for India’s demographic dividend

Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

questions are also raised about the employability of the youth because of their inadequate education, training, and market ready … formation and unemployment among youth in India, focusing specially on educated unemployment. We find that current skill/training …

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The EU labour market crisis and recovery policies. The Bulgarian response to the crisis

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The current study analyzes the status of both the European and the Bulgarian labor markets from the standpoint of the effects of the current crisis, which has affected the supply and demand of labor as well as the employment structure. It further examines the anti-crisis policies, which have...

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