... beyond access expansion. Strengthening human capital, supporting labor market attachment, and enhancing financial capability are likely to be more effective than infrastructure-focused interventions alone. From a social policy perspective, this matters because as everyday payments and services...

... assessing the contrasting predictions of human capital vs credentialist theories. Sara Romanò is the corresponding author and can be contacted at: sara.romano@unito.it 17 10 2024 25 11 2024 26 11 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re...

...Carlos David Cardona-Arenas Purpose This study assesses the probability of an OECD member country exhibiting high persistence in unemployment duration, considering income inequality, productivity, accumulation of human capital and labor income share in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between...

... in both white-collar male- and female-dominated occupations. Contrary to expectations, urban residence does not influence women's, particularly African women's, placement in any male-type positions, although Whites (white-collar) and Coloureds (blue-collar) fare better. Supply side human capital models...

... of education on labour market attainment. Here we find some powerful theoretical grounds for believing that the minority ethnic groups will have more favourable outcomes in the labour market as the time goes on. First of all, new immigrants will often lack the kinds and levels of skills (human capital...