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Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the questionif it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributingmuch less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs?In the crisis...

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Measuring the Value of Better Schools

Black, Sandra E. - Federal Reserve Bank <New York, NY>; London School of … - 1998

[...]In this paper, I examine two methods of measuringthe value of better schools. One involves following individualsover time to determine how the quality of theirschooling affects outcomes later in their lives; the otherinvolves calculating parental valuation of better schoolstoday. I review...

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Investing in People for the 21st Century

Huffman, Wallace E. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

The paper draws upon the work of T.W. Schultz to show that human capital theory andlabor market adjustments have important implications for investing in people for the 21st Century.[...]

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Can India Achieve Double-digit growth ?

Herd, Richard; Conway, Paul; Hill, Sam; Koen, Vincent; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011

investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the … improving in key sectors, partly thanks to greater private investment, bottlenecks endure and efforts to intensify competition … and ensure continued strong investment are required. Labour market reforms are also required to promote job creation …

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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap

Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

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