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Does the matching between workers and jobs help explain productivity differentials across firms? To address this … machine learning techniques. The proposed measure is positively and significantly associated with labor earnings over workers …' careers. At firm level, it features a robust positive correlation with firm productivity, and with managerial turnover leading …
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. Several variables are used to measure firms' access to skilled labor, such as their share of employees with occupation …Using matched employer-employee data, we investigate the influence of human capital inputs on firm productivity …-specific education and experience in horse breeding and hippology and access to a local pool of skilled labour. The results show that …
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, their results show that the effect of over-education on productivity is stronger among firms: (i) with a higher share of … find the existence of a significant, positive (negative) impact of over- (under-)education on firm productivity. Moreover …, economic uncertainty is systematically found to accentuate the detrimental effect of under-education on productivity. …
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costs and higher returns to training young workers than incumbents, the effect is driven by firms exposed to new tech skills …Firms in developed countries face increasing shortages of young workers. This paper studies the importance of young … caused by an education reform in Germany in 2001, I show that a reduction in trainee supply decreases firm technology …
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costs and higher returns to training young workers than incumbents, the effect is driven by firms exposed to new tech skills …Firms in developed countries face increasing shortages of young workers. This paper studies the importance of young … caused by an education reform in Germany in 2001, I show that a reduction in trainee supply decreases firm technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015125220
, their results show that the effect of over-education on productivity is stronger among firms: (i) with a higher share of … find the existence of a significant, positive (negative) impact of over- (under-)education on firm productivity. Moreover …, economic uncertainty is systematically found to accentuate the detrimental effect of under-education on productivity …
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duality in higher education as well as heterogeneous ability of individuals can explain the differences in labor productivity … words, the productivity gap between tradable and non-tradable sectors is fueled by the duality in higher education, leading …Over the last decades, productivity in the tradable sector rose substantially, while in the non-tradable sector, output …
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This paper studies whether skilled migrants contribute to the host country's 'productive efficiency' (Farrell, 1957) using input-output and immigration sectoral data for seven industries in twelve countries during the period 1999-2001. We find that skilled migrants contribute positively to a...
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Software/ Skills capital differs from usual physical capital (or hardware) in the sense that it is non-rival and can be … sector and training or replication sector (which produces skills). Using a 2 period production model, the paper finds that in … sectors where the objective is output maximization (e.g. government services or health care). There exists an optimal ratio of …
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developing countries. It has been postulated that production factors, labor and capital have the greatest effects on economic and … of production and correlations with technical changes are measured by Total Factor Productivity as an expression of … Technical Efficiency to assess Total Factor Productivity …
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