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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"capital development"”.
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Essays on Human Capital Development
This thesis consists of three essays on human capital development across different stages of life course. Human capital development is a dynamic and multifaceted process that affects a wide range of outcomes over the life span. Understanding the dynamic features of this process and identifying its …
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Essays on Human Capital Development, International Trade and Robotization
… essays on trade, industrial robots and human capital. In Chapter 1, we investigate the importance of a country’s exports and imports for human capital development. In order to analyze this relationship, measures of the educational intensity of exports and imports are developed for a sample of …
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Three essays on the economics of human capital development
… of formal schooling in the production of human capital over the lifecycle. While many studies have documented an associated between education and cognitive outcomes, less is known about the extent this association is causal---or the nature of the underlying mechanisms driving any effect. Chapter …
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Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment : a human capital development approach
… Black Economic Empowerment, using a Human Capital Development approach. This framework is then employed to evaluate the Codes of Good Practice on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) (Department of Trade and Industry, 2005; 2007). A 'mixed methods research approach' is utilized, …
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The challenge of inclusive human capital development : lessons from Boston's healthcare sector
… have experimented with sector-specific workforce development strategies to address these challenges. Using the healthcare sector in Boston as a case study, this thesis traces the evolution of one such strategy and discusses the impact of these programs on the employment outcomes for participants. …
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The influence of workplace skills plan on human capital development at the eThekweni Municipality
Dissertation submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Management Science in Human Resources. Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2021.
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Essays using military-induced variation to study social interactions, human capital development, and labor markets
… variation to examine various aspects of human capital production and the U.S. labor market. The first two chapters study the effects of social interactions on human capital development at the United States Military Academy where social groups are randomly assigned. Chapter 1 highlights the …
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Essays in economics of education: free primary education, birth order and human capital development in Lesotho
… look at the impact of family factors on human capital accumulation. Specifically, Chapter 4 examines the effect of a child's order of birth on human capital development (i.e. enrolment, educational attainment, and schooling progression) using family-fixed effects models. Birth order has …
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Financial returns to human capital development: a case study of former students of agriculture at Virginia Tech
… personal characteristics. Models based on human capital and labor market principles were developed to explain differences in individual incomes. Earned income models were estimated for the first job after leaving college, for the job held in 1985, and for the 1985 job in a lagged formulation. …
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Three Essays on U.S. Social Policy’s Impact on the Human Capital Development of Young Adults At-Risk of Poverty
… anticipated and unexpected effects on the human capital investments of young adults at-risk of living in poverty in the United States. My dissertation investigates how three large-scale public programs – means-tested, cash welfare (e.g., Aid to Families with Dependent Children and Temporary Aid …
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An Assessment of Factors Affecting Financial Management of Local Government Capital Development Fund in Tanzania:the case of Songea District
This study aimed at assessing the factors affecting the management of local Government CDF in Tanzania: the case of SDC. Respondents were in two categories: councilors and council officials including WEOs, VEOs, DED, CDT, DPLO, DHRO and other technical staff of SDC. They were obtained through …
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Implementing Total Quality Management Philosophy through Human Capital Development: An Exploratory Study of Selected Ready-Made Garment Establishments in Bangladesh
The significance of human capital development (HCD) from an organizational perspective is adequately reflected in the extant literature; however, its inherent connection with total quality management (TQM) philosophy is yet to be investigated. Hence, this study intends to explore the role of HCD in …
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Implementing Total Quality Management Philosophy through Human Capital Development: An Exploratory Study of Selected Ready-Made Garment Establishments in Bangladesh
The significance of human capital development (HCD) from an organizational perspective is adequately reflected in the extant literature; however, its inherent connection with total quality management (TQM) philosophy is yet to be investigated. Hence, this study intends to explore the role of HCD in …
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The formulation of an exploratory human capital development model aligned to performance management system of administrative employees at the Durban University of Technology
Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for Doctor of Technology Degree in Human Resources Management, Durban University of Technology, Durban, 2017.
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Le français en Sierra Leone : apprentissage et développement du capital humain
… Leone? How can learning French contribute to the development and strengthening of human capital in Sierra Leone? Using the approaches developed within human capital development theory, this qualitative method study prioritizes semi-structured interviews. An overview of French language teachers' …
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The relationships between social capital and economic well-being — an individual level analysis
Social capital refers to social networks, trust, and norms. This study distinguished between bonding and bridging social capital, and examined relationships between these two types of social capital and economic well-being at the individual level. Bridging capital was measured as engagement in …
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Contributions of a minerals industry cluster to sustainable development: A case study on human and social capital in Richards Bay, South Africa
… competitively priced electricity to energy and capital intensive processing and chemical industries. Although the minerals industry cluster remains globally competitive at the present time, whether it can be a catalyst for sustainable development, economically, socially and environmentally is in …
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The Great Consensus After the Great Recession: The Case of Jamaica
… Program (IMFSP) as a tool for economic development. The Fund’s program utilizes an approach steeped in the Washington Conesus, which requires austere and demand side economic measures to be taken to achieve success. To determine efficacy, Jamaica was used as a case study, where special …
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