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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...
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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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Child Labor and Learning
Emerson, Patrick M.; Ponczek, Vladimir; Portela Souza, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro … learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a difference-in-difference estimator and it is shown that the results are … robust. A negative and significant effect of working on learning outcomes in both math and Portuguese is found. The effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884083
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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
understand better how subjects with different cognitive abilities learn differently, we estimate a structural model of learning … ability to that of character skills, and find that both cognition and personality affect behavior and learning. More agreeable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886141
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The Empirics of Agglomeration Economies
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Gobillon, Laurent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We propose an integrated framework to discuss the empirical literature on the local determinants of agglomeration effects. We start by presenting the theoretical mechanisms that ground individual and aggregate empirical specifications. We gradually introduce static effects, dynamic effects, and...
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Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism
Dragone, Davide; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, which refers to an increase in food availability due to trade or innovation. Then we study how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264784
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IC Technology and Learning: An Impact Evaluation of Cl@ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements … equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of classes in the same schools we are able to conduct an evaluation of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265285
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Individual Rationality and Learning: Welfare Expectations in East Germany Post-Reunification
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
In this paper we test the Rational Expectations hypothesis using longitudinal data on expectations and realizations of individual welfare for East Germans in the years following reunification. German reunification was unexpected and delivered a large shock to the future prospects of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233883
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Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty
Prat, Julien; Jovanovic, Boyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyze a long-term contracting problem involving common uncertainty about a parameter capturing the productivity of the relationship, and featuring a hidden action for the agent. We develop an approach that works for any utility function when the parameter and noise are normally distributed...
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