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Bullying at School and Labour Market Outcomes
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment outcomes. Bullying is considered and evaluated as a proxy for unmeasured productivity, and a framework is provided that outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960118
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Determinants of South African Women’s Labour Force Participation, 1995-2004
Ntuli, Miracle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A striking feature of labour supply in South Africa is the phenomenal expansion in the labour force participation of women from 38 percent in 1995 to 46 percent in 2004. Even so, their participation has been persistently lower than that of men whose participation rates were 58 percent and 62...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822348
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Determinants of Further Training: Evidence for Germany
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Based on a German representative sample of employees we explore the relevance and development of further training in private sector firms. We focus on formal training and explore possible individual and job-based determinants of its incidence. We also show changes over time during a 20 year...
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Determinants of Employer-Provided Further Training: A Multi-Level Approach
Bellmann, Lutz; Hohendanner, Christian; Hujer, Reinhard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further training. We estimate the effects of the regional population density, the unemployment rate and the regional concentration of an industry against the background of several determinants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008684803
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Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Die Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland hat in den letzten Jahren merklich zugenommen. Die Studie … Mittelpunkt, bevor die Situation im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung genauer untersucht wird. Diese ist zwar ein zentraler … Faktor für den Erhalt der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Lebensverlauf, ist jedoch strukturell in Deutschland nach wie vor …
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High Skilled Migration and the Exertion of Effort by the Local Population
Epstein, Gil S.; Kunze, Astrid; Ward, Melanie E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The design of optimal immigration policy, particularly in the face of the spiralling demand for highly skilled workers, such as IT workers and engineers, is a topical issue in the policy debate as well as the economic literature. In this paper, we present empirical evidence from firm level data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566565
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Unions, Training, and Firm Performance: Evidence from the British Workplace Employee Relations Survey
Addison, John T.; Belfield, Clive R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper uses a combination of workplace and matched-employee workplace data from the British 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions and firm-provided training (incidence, intensity/coverage, and duration) on establishment performance. The performance effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703827
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Unions, Training, and Firm Performance
Addison, John T.; Belfield, Clive R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
The present paper uses a combination of workplace and linked employee-workplace data from the 1998 Workplace Employee Relations Survey and the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey to examine the impact of unions on training incidence, training intensity/coverage, and training duration. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822940
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Immigrants and Employer-Provided Training
Barrett, Alan; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Brien, Martin; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Much has been written about the labour market outcomes for immigrants in their host countries, particularly with regard to earnings, employment and occupational attainment. However, much less attention has been paid to the question of whether immigrants are as likely to receive employer-provided...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565205
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Using Employer Hiring Behavior to Test the Educational Signaling Hypothesis
Albrecht, James W.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
more likely to lower educational standards when an informal, more informative recruitment channel is used, so we conclude …
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