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Do Employers Discriminate Less if Vacancies are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - CESifo - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
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Choosing Between School Systems
Meier, Volker - CESifo - 2000
Hierarchical and comprehensive school systems are compared with respect to efficiency. At given ability, a student?s probability of not completing school rises with increasing mean ability in class. Both school systems can yield identical average failure rates. Given that output losses in case...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181429
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Education, Unemployment and Migration
Eggert, Wolfgang; Krieger, Tim; Meier, Volker - CESifo - 2007
This paper studies a two-region model in which unemployment, education decisions and interregional migration are … change reduces wages of the unskilled. Both education and migration decisions are distorted by a uniform unemployment …
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Overeducation at the Start of the Career - Stepping Stone or Trap?
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Verhaest, Dieter - CESifo - 2012
This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate … or delay the transition into a job that matches their level of education. We adopt the Timing of Events approach to … started searching for a job right after leaving formal education. We find that overeducation is a trap. This trap is …
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Optimal Higher Education Enrollment and Productivity Externalities in a Two-Sector Model
Meier, Volker; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - CESifo - 2012
We investigate externalities in higher education enrollment over the course of development in a two-sector model. Each … stages of development witness underenrollment in higher education, while highly developed economies experience overenrollment. …
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