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Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
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Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428327
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Tarifautonomie und Flächentarifvertrag sind ins Kreuzfeuer der Kritik geraten. Es geht um die Frage, ob auch in Zukunft die zentralen Mindeststandards für Arbeits- und Einkommensbedingungen im Wesentlichen durch branchenbezogene, verbindliche Verbandstarifverträge festgelegt werden sollen...
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To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first study for Germany to assess the long-term impacts of studying without graduating on three labour market outcomes (working hours, wages, and occupational prestige), and on overall life satisfaction, on the basis of a sample of employed...
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The paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion in the sixties and seventies entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place....
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Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
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The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...
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We exploit a novel survey of recently arrived asylum seekers in Germany in order to estimate the degree of intergenerational mobility in education among refugees and compare it to the educational mobility of similar-aged individuals in their region of origin. The findings show that the refugees...
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Im September 2016 konnte das Reallabor Asylsuchende im Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in zwei Gemeinschaftsunterkünften eine Befragung bei Geflüchteten durchführen. Insgesamt nahmen 370 Personen an der Befragung teil, darunter überwiegend junge Männer aus Afrika, Vorder- und Zentralasien. Die Befragung...
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