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The Returns to Computer Use Revisited: Have Pencils Changed the Wage Structure Too?

DiNardo, John Enrico; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

unobserved heterogeneity? We examine this issue with three large cross-sectional surveys from Germany. First, we confirm that the … estimated wage differentials associated with computer use in Germany are very similar to the U.S. differential. Second, using …

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Peer Effects in European Primary Schools: Evidence from PIRLS

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Ammermueller, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

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Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling In Germany: Evidence and Interpretation

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; von Wachter, Till Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005

the range of 10 to 15 percent. We find no return to compulsory schooling in Germany in terms of higher wages. We … investigate whether this is due to labor market institutions or the existence of the apprenticeship training system in Germany … most relevant for the labor market are learned earlier in Germany than in other countries. …

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Continuous Training in Germany

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

training received by workers in Germany between 1986 and 1989. Further training is primarily a white collar phenomenon, is …

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Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1996

explanations of firm sponsored training. Using microdata from Germany, we show that the predictions of the specific human capital …

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The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

In the standard model of human capital with perfect labor markets general training. When labor market frictions compress the structure of wages in the general skills of their employees. The reason is that the distortion in the wage structure" turn technologically' general skills into specific'...

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Minimum Wages and On-the-job Training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1999

Becker's theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers, because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. We show that when the assumption of perfectly competitive labor markets underlying this...

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The Impact of Length of the School Year on Student Performance and Earnings: Evidence from the German Short School Year

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003

This paper investigates how changing the length of the school year, leaving the basic curriculum unchanged, affects learning and subsequent earnings. I use variation introduced by the West-German short school years in 1966-67, which exposed some students to a total of about two thirds of a year...

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Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labor Markets

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

In this paper, we survey non-competitive theories of training. With competitive labor markets, firms never pay for investments in general training, whereas when labor markets are imperfect, firm-sponsored training arises as an equilibrium phenomenon. We discuss a variety of evidence which...

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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria: Evidence from Failed Firms

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...

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