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collected in four waves in 1988, 2000, 2004, and 2008. Nargis and Hossain (2006) analysed income dynamics and poverty incidence for the first three waves, finding a declining trend in both the incidence and severity of poverty, aided in particular by human capital development and the off-farm employment opportunities. We update and extend the analysis to include data collected in 2008, at the height of a spike in agricultural prices. We find that the price of a balanced food basket increased by more than
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demand for labor if K and L are subsititutes * Substitution and scale effect- increase in w increase production and increases steel price, cut back on steel and less need for worker * Scale effect: increase in R decreases both demand for capital and labor Neoclassical economics: * Methodological indivudalism: * Rational choice: * Maximize * Answers: who is the decision maker, what goals are, what constraints * Equalibirum * Pareto efficient: cannot increase
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Global virtual teams: A human resource capital architecture // International Journal of Human Resource Management, 2005, 16(9), p1583-1599 // ISSN: 0958-5192 Globalization has organically introduced Global Virtual Teams (GVTs) and made them an essential part of any rapidly expanding international companies. GVTs, which are groups of people working together even though they are geographically separated, have the potential to be catalysts in effectively utilizing a company’s human resources (HR). Even
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can be the source of organizational capabilities that allow firms to learn and capitalize on new opportunities.’ Specifically, HRM is concerned with achieving objectives in the areas summarized below. Organizational effectiveness ‘Distinctive human resource practices shape the core competencies that determine how firms compete’ (Cappelli and Crocker-Hefter, 1996). Extensive research (see Chapter 4) has shown that such practices can make a significant impact on firm performance. HRM strategies
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HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT Human capital is the stock of competencies, knowledge, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. It is an aggregate economic view of the human being acting within economies, which is an attempt to capture the social, biological, cultural and psychological complexity as they interact in explicit and/or economic transactions. Many theories explicitly connect investment
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THE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRANTS The Role of Human and Social Capital AGNIESZKA KANAS Kanas, A.M. The Economic Performance of Immigrants. The Role of Human and Social Capital Dissertation, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Cover illustration: Krzysztof Wodiczko, Goscie/Guests, 2009, instalacja wideo/video installation, 17,17 min./minutes. Dzieki uprzejmosci artysty i Fundacji Profile/courtesy of the artist and Profile Foundation, Warsaw. Cover design: Agnieszka Kanas & Sebastian Gryglewicz
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Author manuscript, published in "Regional Studies (2011) 1" Regional Studies DOI : 10.1080/00343404.2010.543893 rP Fo PROFITABILITY OF INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION. EVIDENCE FROM SPANISH REGIONS Journal: Manuscript ID: Manuscript Type: JEL codes: Keywords: peer-00677964, version 1 - 11 Mar 2012 http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cres Email: regional.studies@fm.ru.nl ee Regional Studies CRES-2009-0336.R1 Main Section O18 - Regional, Urban, and Rural Analyses < O1 - Economic Development < O
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Define ‘human capital’ and its impact on your organization There are various ways Human capital can be defined; I have chosen to define Human capital in simple terms: Human capital is the value that each employee brings to the organisation, in accordance to individual’s knowledge, skills and capability. Probably this is the only reason why the biggest companies in the world are recognised by their talent and attitude of their employees. Analyse what differentiates human from intellectual capital
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Employee and Job Characteristics: Consistent with Human capital theory, there is empirical evidence that the number of years of education and labor market experience have explained much of the variance in their pay levels. The higher in an organizational performance hierarchy a job is the greater potential impact on organizational performance its incumbent is likely to have. Level of base pay is positively related to an employee’s human capital investment and level of job responsibility. Pay mix
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