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1st ed. |
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1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Research in labor economics,
0147-9121 ;
v. 21
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Research in labor economics ; v. 21.
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| Note |
Selected papers from a conference held in Maastricht, the Netherlands, 11-12 May 2001.--Pref. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Increasingly policy makers are focusing on the importance of skills and lifelong learning. The reason for this is that workers with sufficient and up-to-date skills are more productive and have more potential to remain employed. However, the processes that influence skill obsolescence, have largely been neglected in labor economics. It was in the 1990s that skill issues came to the top of the agenda, because of the general awareness of the rapid technological developments that affect the demand for human capital. Although the analysis of skill-biased technological change is at the heart of this. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Andries De Grip, Jasper Van Loo, Ken Mayhew -- The economics of skills obsolescence : a review / Andries De Grip, Jasper Van Loo -- New technologies, skills obsolescence, and skill complementarity / Bruce A. Weinberg -- Skills obsolescence and technological progress : an empirical analysis of expected skill shortages / Piet Allaart, Marcel Kerkhofs, Jaap de Koning -- Do older workers have more trouble using a computer than younger workers? / Lex Borghans, Bas ter Weel -- Non-biased technological change and growth / Rosa M. Fernández -- Employability and the costs of organizing work / Josef Falkinger -- Skill obsolescence and wage inequality within education groups / Eric D. Gould, Omer Moav, Bruce A. Weinberg -- Economic transformation and the revaluation of human capital Hungary, 1986-1999 / Gábor Kertesi, János Köllo? -- When do skills become obsolete, and when does it matter? / Jim Allen, Rolf van der Velden -- The obsolescence of skill / Finis Welch, Manuelita Ureta -- Age and schooling vintage effects on earnings profiles in Switzerland / José V. Ramirez. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Skilled labor -- Congresses.
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Skilled labor. |
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Unskilled labor -- Congresses.
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Unskilled labor. |
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Employees -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Congresses.
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Employees -- Effect of technological innovations on. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Grip, A. de.
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Loo, Jasper van.
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Mayhew, Ken.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Economics of skills obsolescence. 1st ed. Amsterdam ; Boston : JAI, 2002 0762309601 (OCoLC)50402580 |
| ISBN |
9780080494616 (electronic book) |
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0080494617 (electronic book) |
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9781849501750 (electronic book) |
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1849501750 (electronic book) |
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9780762309603 |
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0762309601 |
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