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What makes a 'jack-of-all-trades'?
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
(identified due to competence). First, the results show that it is important to distinguish between discrete and high level … ability (competence) correlate with the variety of experience, but the nature of the correlation differs. Particularly for … males, the 'Jack-of-all-Trades'-hypothesis predominately relates to competence and not to desire." (Author's abstract, IAB …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018015
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Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Schlitte, Friso - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. Local human capital has a likely effect on skill specific productivity levels and employment growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008740434
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What makes a 'jack-of-all-trades'?
Oberschachtsiek, Dirk - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
(identified due to competence). First, the results show that it is important to distinguish between discrete and high level … ability (competence) correlate with the variety of experience, but the nature of the correlation differs. Particularly for … males, the 'Jack-of-all-Trades'-hypothesis predominately relates to competence and not to desire." (Author's abstract, IAB …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592315
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Local human capital, segregation by skill, and skill-specific employment growth
Schlitte, Friso - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2010
"Labour markets in most highly developed countries are marked by rising levels of skill segregation in the production process and increasing inequalities in skill-specific employment prospects. Local human capital has a likely effect on skill specific productivity levels and employment growth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592491
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010641637
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From potential to real entrepreneurship
Brixy, Udo; Sternberg, Rolf; Stüber, Heiko - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Not everyone who plans to set up a firm succeeds in doing so. This paper focuses on the phase before a firm is founded, the pre-nascent stage of the entrepreneurship process. Based upon cross-sectional data from the German section of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the specific aim...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537140
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Do literacy and numeracy pay off? : on the relationship between basic skills and earnings
Antoni, Manfred; Heineck, Guido - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592265
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Effectiveness of further vocational training in Germany : Empirical findings for persons receiving means-tested unemployment benefit
Bernhard, Sarah; Kruppe, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592328
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From potential to real entrepreneurship
Brixy, Udo; Sternberg, Rolf; Stüber, Heiko - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2008
"Not everyone who plans to set up a firm succeeds in doing so. This paper focuses on the phase before a firm is founded, the pre-nascent stage of the entrepreneurship process. Based upon cross-sectional data from the German section of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the specific aim...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592377
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Effectiveness of further vocational training in Germany : empirical findings for persons receiving means-tested unemployment benefit
Bernhard, Sarah; Kruppe, Thomas - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2012
"Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665156