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Occupation-Specific Human Capital and Local Labor Markets [PDF]
Most skills acquired through on-the-job training may be specific to an occupation and therefore transferable to some but not all firms. This paper explores the relationship between the size of the local market for an occupation-specific skill and job ...
Jeffrey A. Groen
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Birth order and human capital development: Evidence from Ecuador [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador using a large national database together with self-collected survey data.
Plug, Erik +5 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani +3 more
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Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiinte EconomiceThis study examines the impact of robotic capital, physical capital, technological change, human capital, and trade globalization on labor income share dynamics in the era of robotic automation.
Erkişi Kemal, Çetin Melike
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The Impact of Human Capital on Regional Labor Productivity in Europe
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 Economists have long stressed the importance of human capital to the process of economic growth. However, recent cross-country studies have shown that economic growth appears to be unrelated to increases in human capital (Griliches 2000). Benhabib and Spiegel (1994), for example, have found only a weak correlation between growth and increases in human ...
Fischer, Manfred M. +4 more
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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Human Capital Prices, Productivity and Growth [PDF]
Separate identification of the price and quantity of human capital has important implications for understanding key issues in economics. Price and quantity series are derived for four education levels.
Bowlus, Audra J., Robinson, Chris
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Advancing European Plant Variety Registration: Data‐Driven Insights and Stakeholder Perspectives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Efficient plant variety registration is crucial for fostering innovation in the European Union, yet the current regulatory framework is complex and faces calls for reform. This study provides data‐driven evidence to inform the ongoing legislative debate by employing a mixed‐methods approach.
Sergio Urioste Daza +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Unlike the strategy of cognitive regulation that relies heavily on the top-down control function of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which was recently found may be critically impaired in stressful situations, traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine ...
Jun Zhan +7 more
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Parental labor costs as an element of human capital appreciation
Вестник Пермского университета Серия «Экономика» = Perm University Herald ECONOMY, 2018 The increase in the volume of intellectual labor in almost all branches of activity creates the need for highly qualified workers. This, in turn, leads to the increased interest in issues related to the development of human capital. The decline in the birth rate and high mortality rate in the early 2000s increased the threat of shortage of labor ...
Anna P. Bagirova, Irina V. Shmarova
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