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Heterogeneous Returns to Education Over Wage Distribution: Who Prots the Most?

Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

This study presents evidence of heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution. The authors use … instrumental variable quantile regression and data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to identify the causal link between education … results suggest that higher-ability individuals have higher wages, but the slope of their wage-education prole is atter than …

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The consequences of being different – Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition

Mueller, Barbara; Wolter, Stefan C. - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

When information about the true abilities of job-seekers and applicants are hard to get, statistical discrimination by employers can be an efficient strategy in the hiring and wage setting process. But statistical discrimination can induce costs, if labor relations cannot be terminated in the...

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Apprenticeship Training and Commitment to Training Provision

dustmann, christian; Schönberg, Uta - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2007

Why do apprenticeship schemes work well in some countries, like Germany and Austria, but less so in others, like the UK? This paper argues that a necessary prerequisite for apprenticeship schemes to be successful is the enforceability of the apprenticeship contract, most notably the firm's...

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What happened to the PISA 2000 participants five years later?

Wolter, Stefan C.; Bertschy, Kathrin; Cattaneo, Alejandra - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

the type of education followed at uppersecondary level, or just a prolongation of problems arising from poor school … performance during compulsory education. This paper uses a unique Swiss longitudinal data-set, which includes information on PISA …

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Educational Spillovers at the Firm Level: Who Benefits from Whom?

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Rupietta, Christian; Tuor … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

This paper examines spillover effects from education at the firm level, separating the effects for different levels and … types of education and allowing for a curvilinear relationship. Modeling a Cobb-Douglas production function, we show that …

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Revisiting Class-Size Effects: Where They Come From and How Long They Last

Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

Using data from the Tennessee Student/Teacher Achievement Ratio experiment and subsequent follow-up surveys, we estimate unconditional quantile treatment eects of being assigned to a small-size class and a regular-size class with an aide, compared to regular-size one. Results show that...

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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?

Schweri, Juerg; Wolter, Stefan C.; Hartog, Joop - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

We use a unique data set about the future wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex-ante, suggesting that students use very little private information about their wage prospects. Expectations appear much more anchored to perceptions of actual contemporaneous market data....

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High quality workplace training and innovation in highly developed countries

Rupietta, Christian; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012

This paper examines whether high quality, curriculum-based training at the workplace makes firms more innovative. Our dependent variable innovativeness is operationalized with four different measures: general innovation, product innovation, process innovation and patent applications. As...

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Monopsony power, pay structure and training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Ryan, Paul - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

Although interest in monopsonistic influences on labour market outcomes has revived in recent years, only a few empirical studies provide direct evidence on it. This paper analyses empirically the effect of monopsony power on pay structure, using a direct measure of labour market ÔthinnessÕ....

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Absenteeism in Apprenticeships: What Role Do Works Councils Play?

Pfeifer, Harald - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

This paper examines the influence of works councils on apprenticesÕ absence from the workplace in Germany. The analysis draws on merged administrative and survey data, including information on the cumulated days apprentices are absent from work due to sickness. On average, apprentices are...

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