The economics of skills obsolescence

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...

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Other Authors Grip, A. de, Loo, Jasper van, Mayhew, Ken
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2002.
SeriesResearch in labor economics ; v. 21.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781849501750
ISSN0147-9121 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xvi, 273 p.).

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Table of 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 / JoséV. Ramirez.