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Estimating the Skill Bias in Agglomeration Externalities and Social Returns to Education: Evidence from Dutch Matched Worker-Firm Micro-data

Groot, Stefan P.T.; Groot, Henri L.F. de - Tinbergen Instituut - 2014

density and productivity and wages has long been established in the economic literature, less is known about the effects of … density on the productivity of different types of workers. This paper shows that there is substantial heterogeneity in the … relationship between density and productivity for workers with different types of education. Apart from estimating the impact of …

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How Risky is Investment in Human Capital?

Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - Tinbergen Instituut - 2004

The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess thevariance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this freshperspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options. choosingparameters on basis of the very...

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Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation

Aghion, Philippe; Besley, Timothy; Browne, John; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

century? After years of inadequate investment in skills, infrastructure and innovation, there are longstanding structural …

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Why are Higher Skilled Workers More Mobile Geographically? The Role of the Job Surplus

Amior, Michael - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

The skill gap in geographical mobility is entirely driven by workers who report moving for a new job. A natural explanation lies in the large expected surplus accruing to skilled job matches. Just as large surpluses ease the frictions which impede job search in general, they also help overcome...

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The Relative Economic Importance of Academic, Psychological and Behavioural Attributes Developed on Chilhood

Feinstein, L - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000

This paper makes use of the substantial information about the psychological and behavioural development of children by age ten in the 1970 Cohort to predict later, economic outcomes, namely qualifications, employment and earnings. It is found that this previously unobserved individual...

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Immigration, the European Union and the UK Labour Market

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014

much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average. Immigrants, especially in recent years, tend to be younger and …

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Immigration and the UK Labour Market: The latest evidence from economic research

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012

have been exaggerated. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on average … have experienced greater downward pressure on wages and greater competition for jobs than others, but these effects still …

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Immigration and the UK Labour Market

Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

still not, on average, materialised. It is hard to find evidence of much displacement of UK workers or lower wages, on …

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#ElectionEconomics: The Research Evidence on Key Issues for Voters in the 2015 UK General Election

Azmat, Ghazala; Bell, Brian; Colmer, Jonathan; … - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2015

wages and living standards, productivity and business, Europe, the NHS, schools, tuition fees, gender gaps, urban and …

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