Wage Inequality and Returns to Skill in Taiwan, 1978–96
In: The journal of development studies, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 89-108
ISSN: 1743-9140
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 89-108
ISSN: 1743-9140
In: The Manchester School, Band 78, Heft 5, S. 395-411
In: The developing economies: the journal of the Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 109-134
ISSN: 1746-1049
This paper aims to identify the effects of innovation on employment and labor composition in Taiwan. Using a new and detailed firm‐level data set, the empirical results determine that innovations, measured by R&D investments or patent counts, have a positive impact on employment. Both of the estimated employment effects of product and process innovations are overall significantly positive. Although the effects of process innovations differ between high and low R&D‐intensive industries, the process innovation tends to expand the firms' output and then increase employment for high R&D‐intensive industries. However, it frequently results in laborsavings in terms of production work and reduces jobs in low R&D‐intensive industries. Moreover, technological innovations are found to be non‐neutral, leading to a shift in labor composition in favor of skilled and more educated workers.
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 39, Heft 5, S. 89-108
ISSN: 0022-0388
In: Journal of human capital: JHC, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 1-34
ISSN: 1932-8664
In: Journal of international trade & economic development: an international and comparative review, Band 20, Heft 6, S. 741-768
ISSN: 1469-9559
In: Pacific economic review, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 466-488
ISSN: 1468-0106
AbstractUsing a product differentiation model, this paper discusses the issue of transnational firms evading tariffs and investing directly in a host country (through foreign direct investment (FDI)). Where product quality is differentiated between foreign and host country firms and assuming a firm's quality requirement is a long‐term strategy and is not affected by a foreign firm's trade decision, we obtain the following findings. First, whether or not a host country firm produces high or low quality products, raising the quality requirement for foreign products will increase the possibility of a foreign firm choosing FDI instead of exporting a product to the host country. Second, raising the quality requirement for domestic products will lower the possibility of foreign firms choosing FDI without regard to the product's quality. Finally, given a competitor in the host country, in FDI, a foreign high‐quality product‐producing firm has an advantage over a low‐quality product‐producing firm. We also find that even when firms' quality decisions are affected by a foreign firm's trade decision, most of the above results will still hold.
In: Social behavior and personality: an international journal, Band 38, Heft 8, S. 1135-1146
ISSN: 1179-6391
In this study, LEGO robotics and cooperative learning were integrated into the design of a course. In the course, preservice teachers had to complete their assignments by cooperating, solving problems, and conducting team discussions. After the course, questionnaires were used to understand
the advantages and disadvantages of the design of the robotics course, student satisfaction with the course, and changes of the preservice teachers' confidence in learning LEGO robotics. The satisfaction questionnaire covered three dimensions: teaching environment, teaching content, and teaching
method. Results showed that by the end of the semester, students' satisfaction with the cooperative robotics course had improved. Furthermore, the results showed positive effects on preservice teachers' perceived self-efficacy when learning LEGO robotics.
In: Journal of vocational behavior, Band 85, Heft 2, S. 191-203
ISSN: 1095-9084
In: Materials and design, Band 197, S. 109211
ISSN: 1873-4197