The right skills for the job? : rethinking training policies for workers /
Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs,...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
2012.
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Colección: | Human development perspectives.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Creating jobs and increasing productivity are at the top of agenda for policymakers across the world. Knowledge accumulation and skills are recognized as central in this process. More-educated workers not only have better employment opportunities, earn more, and have more stable and rewarding jobs, but also they are more adaptable and mobile. Workers who acquire more skills also make other workers and capital more productive and, within the firm, they facilitate the adaptation, adoption, and ultimately invention of new technologies. This is crucial to enable economic diversification, productiv. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 169 pages) : illustrations. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9780821387153 0821387146 9780821387146 0821387154 1282108867 9781282108868 9786613802217 6613802212 |