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Married white men have higher wages and faster wage growth than unmarried white men. Using the NLSY, we examine whether … individual-specific data on cognitive skills, family background, and self-esteem contribute to married men's higher wages …
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employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs …, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and employment subsidies. The results are remarkably uniform across studies. We …
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participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …
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forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training - controlling for its financing method - on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …
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This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant and negative relationship between educational...
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According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...
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. In a first stage, we investigate how the employment status at different dates (one month, one year, and two years after … training program along three dimensions: employment, job-related skills and productivity. We find that respondents score …
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The costs of incarceration and recidivism to the community are substantial. These costs not only include the direct costs of imprisonment but also the opportunity costs arising from depletion of human capital and loss of output. Policy makers have emphasised the importance of rehabilitating...
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heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …
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