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returns to education obtained during communism vs. transition; no change in wage-experience profiles over time; and similar …
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In this paper we examine the effects of the abolition of the compulsory conscription in France on the demand for education and labour market outcomes. The reform took place in 1997 and affected all men born after 1979. Before the reform, staying on in education was a way to defer the national...
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The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997--2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labour market outcomes. This is...
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, scale and shape of the conditional wage distribution. Human capital theory suggests that the percentage returns to training … investments will be the same across the conditional wage distribution. Other theories - whether based on imperfections in the … conditional wage distribution. Only Belgium was an outlier in this respect. Our results do indicate, however, that there are …
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training is more productive and specific in foreign firms, foreign firm workers will have a steeper wage profile and thus … acquire a premium over time. Using a rich employer-employee matched data set we verify that the foreign wage premium is only …
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This Paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital … theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of …
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The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment … internationalization of employment. A third objective was to discuss the importance of international instruments that could help to …
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ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper presenting a theoretical framework for an employment status approach to data collecting …
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Provides an overview of the construction industry in South Africa and examines collective bargaining arrangements and other institutions which affect organizing, wages and working conditions for informal sector workers. Profiles the activities of four unions and two associations of building...
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