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Revisiting the Complementarity between Educationand Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasksand Firm Effects
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …
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Cost and Benefit of Apprenticeship Training : A Comparison of Germany and Switzerland
Dionisius, Regina; Mühlemann, Samuel; Pfeifer, Harald; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
information about costs and benefits of apprenticeship training. Previous analyses based only on aggregate data showed that the … net costs of training apprentices are substantial in Germany, whereas apprenticeship training is on average profitable … during the training period for firms in Switzerland, even though the two training systems are rather similar. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859724
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Why Develop Open Source Software?The Role of Non-Pecuniary Benefits,Monetary Rewards and Open Source Licence Type
Sauer, Robert M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three keyfactors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and opensourcelicence type...
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Why Are the Returns to Education Higher forEntrepreneurs than for Employees?
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We compare the returns to education (RTE) for entrepreneurs and employees, based on 19waves of the NLSY database. By using instrumental variable techniques (IV) and takingaccount of selectivity, we find that the RTE are significantly higher for entrepreneurs than foremployees (18.3 percent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861838
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The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation : Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
Sookram, Sandra; Strobl, Eric - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We analyse the role of educational choice on the degree of occupational segregation in Trinidad and Tobago during a period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we utilise waves of the Trinidad and Tobago labour force...
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Incentives and Services for College Achievement:Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua David; Lang, Daniel; Oreopoulos, Phillip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in atimely manner. This paper reports on a randomized field experiment involving two strategiesdesigned to improve academic performance among entering full-time undergraduates at alarge Canadian university. One...
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Training Background and Early Retirement
Montizaan, Raymond; Cörvers, Frank; Grip, Andries de - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer …-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that workers with firm-specific skills retire …
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Pennies from Heaven? Using Exogeneous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievements
Haegeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous allocation; families sort themselves non-randomly into school districts and school districts...
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Admission Conditions and Graduates' Employability
Alexandre, Fernando; Portela, Miguel; Sá, Carla - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs quality by investigating its relationship with graduates employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory...
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The Contribution of Vocational Training to Employment, Job-Related Skills and Productivity : Evidence from Madeira Island
Budria, Santiago; Pereira, Pedro T. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
In this paper, we analyze the transition to the labour market of participants in vocational training in Madeira Island … the completion of the training program) depends on relevant variables, such as age, gender, education and the content and … duration of the training[...] …
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