"This study uses the Swiss Graduate Survey data to investigate the determinants of job-education mismatch and the associated consequences on earnings while controlling for various ability and motivation factors, as well as socio-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The...

"The life-span model of selection, optimization, and compensation (SOC) provides a valuable theoretical framework for understanding organizational behaviour related to coping with age-related changes. Although previous research has demonstrated that SOC strategies at work contribute positively...

"Two contrary effects determine how age influences access to apprenticeships: on the one hand, training companies increasingly hire older apprentices. On the other hand applicants who are too old, face difficulty in finding an apprenticeship place at all. The paper analysis the selecting...

Am Beispiel historischer Personenkorporationen wird untersucht, welche moralischen Leitbilder hinter einem Fuersorgewesen traditionellen Zuschnitts stehen. Gewisse ethische Grundsaetze blieben ueber Jahrhunderte konstant. Weil die Korporationen die Unterstuetzung ihrer Beduerftigen aus...