Am 30. April 2004 veranstaltete das AMS Österreich in Kooperation mit der Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten (GPA-Interessengemeinschaften) eine Fachtagung zum Thema "Qual der Wahl im Info-Dschungel - Möglichkeiten und Spannungsfelder in der Berufs- und Arbeitsmarktorientierung ". Organisator...

Mit dem Band "Qualifikationsbedarf der Zukunft II - Bildungsbiographien, Arbeitsmarktkarrieren und Arbeitsmarktbedarf" legt das AMS Österreich, Abt. Berufsinformations- und Qualifikationsforschung im Rahmen der Publikationsreihe "AMS report" einen weiteren Sammelband vor, der - ausgehend von...

Endbericht eines von der Europäischen Kommission beauftragten Projektes zur Identifikation und Analyse von strukturellen Hindernissen, mit denen unselbstständig Beschäftigte konfrontiert sind, wenn sie sich selbstständig machen wollen. Darüber hinaus werden jene "best practices" in den...

The question of how entrepreneurship relates to income mobility is cogent given the current public debate about the sources of income inequality and mobility in United States society. We examine how experience with entrepreneurship has affected an individual's place in the earnings distribution....

Time preference is a key determinant of occupational choice and investments in human capital. Since careers are characterized by different wage growth prospects, individual discount rates play an important role in the relative valuation of jobs or occupations. We predict that individuals with...

The fraction of U.S. college graduate women entering professional programs increased substantially around 1970 and the age at first marriage among all U.S. college graduate women soared just after 1972. We explore the relationship between these two changes and how each was shaped by the...

Women enter retirement having spent fewer years in market work, earned less over their lifetimes, and worked in different jobs than men of the same age. This study examines whether these differences in work-life experiences help explain why many women end up with lower levels of retirement...

High school exit exams are meant to standardize the quality of public high schools and to ensure that students graduate with a set of basic skills and knowledge. Evidence suggests that a common perverse effect of exit exams is an increase in dropout for students who have difficulty passing...