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Performance Spillovers and Social Network in the Workplace : Evidence from Rural and Urban Weavers in a Chinese Textile Firm
Kato, Takao; Shu, Pian - 2021
We provide some of the first rigorous evidence on performance spillovers and social network in the workplace. The data we use are rather extraordinary - weekly data for rejection rates (proportion of defective output) for all weavers in a firm during a 12 months (April 2003 - March 2004) period,...
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Returns to formal, non-formal and informal training for workers at risk of automation
Zeyer-Gliozzo, Birgit - 2020
, deren Arbeitsplätze weitgehend aus solchen Tätigkeiten bestehen. Weiterbildung ist ein wichtiges Mittel, um Fähigkeiten … Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS) werden in diesem Beitrag die Effekte von formaler, non-formaler und informeller Weiterbildung … untersucht. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass non-formale und informelle Weiterbildung in Form von Mediennutzung tatsächlich dazu …
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The pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to voucher-financed training
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer-supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose C.; Voia, Marcel-Christian; … - 2015
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
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The pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to voucher-financed training
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program "Bildungsprämie". The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519112
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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose; Voia, Marcel-Christian; Worswick, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288719
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The pecuniary and non-pecuniary returns to voucher-financed training
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - 2015
This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508580
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Personality traits and further training
Laible, Marie-Christine; Anger, Silke; Baumann, Martina - 2020
immer relevanter. Bisherige Studien finden einen Zusammenhang zwischen beruflicher Weiterbildung und Arbeitnehmer-, sowie … Five Persönlichkeitseigenschaften für unterschiedliche Formen der Weiterbildung, non-formale und informelle Weiterbildung …, und unterscheiden dann zwischen einer Teilnahme an beruflicher und an privater Weiterbildung. Auf Basis von 10 …
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Training contracts, employee turnover, and the returns from firm-sponsored general training
Hoffman, Mitchell; Burks, Stephen V. - 2017
Firms may be reluctant to provide general training if workers can quit and use their gained skills elsewhere. "Training contracts" that impose a penalty for premature quitting can help alleviate this inefficiency. Using plausibly exogenous contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we...
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The wider benefits of adult learning : work-related training and social capital
Ruhose, Jens; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa - 2018
We propose a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences framework to estimate non-pecuniary returns to adult education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains. Using data from the German SOEP, we evaluate the...
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