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Repeated Job Quits: Stepping Stones or Learning about Quality?
Gielen, Anne C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite the fact that worker quits are often associated with wage gains and higher overall job satisfaction, many workers quit once again within one or two years after changing jobs initially. Such repeated job quit behavior may arise as a stepping stone to better quality jobs (Burdett, 1978) or...
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Do Chinese Employers Avoid Hiring Overqualified Workers? Evidence from an Internet Job Board
Shen, Kailing; Kuhn, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Can having more education than a job requires reduce one's chances of being offered the job? We study this question in a sample of applications to jobs that are posted on an urban Chinese website. We find that being overqualified in this way does not reduce the success rates of...
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Job Satisfaction and the Labor Market Institutions in Urban China
Heywood, John S.; Siebert, W. Stanley; Wei, Xiangdong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The determinants of worker job satisfaction are estimated using a representative survey of three major cities in China …
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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes … in medium and small size cities, often located in western and central China. Understanding the characteristics and … inland China. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the characteristics, working conditions and job attitudes …
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What Affects International Migration of European Science and Engineering Graduates?
de Grip, Andries; Fouarge, Didier; Sauermann, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Using a dataset of science and engineering graduates from 12 European countries, we analyse the determinants of labour migration after graduation. We find that not only wage gains are driving the migration decision, but also differences in labour market opportunities, past migration experience,...
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for teachers and non-teachers. The data used are ten surveys of graduates of all Swiss universities for the period of 1981-1999. The data allows us to estimate the wage elasticity...
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The Determinants of Education-Job Match among Canadian University Graduates
Boudarbat, Brahim; Chernoff, Victor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This study uses data from the Follow-up of Graduates Survey – Class of 2000, to look at the determinants of education-job match among Canadian university graduates. From a public policy perspective, the question of education-job match is relevant given the substantial investment society puts...
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The Two-Step Australian Immigration Policy and its Impact on Immigrant Employment Outcomes
Gregory, Bob - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Three decades ago most immigrants to Australia with work entitlements came as permanent settlers. Today the annual allocation of temporary visas, with work entitlements, outnumbers permanent settler visas by a ratio of three to one. The new environment, with so many temporary visa holders, has...
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Foreign Labour Migration and the Economic Crisis in the EU: Ongoing and Remaining Issues of the Migrant Workforce in Germany
Kim, Anna Myunghee - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper provides an evaluation of the status of migrant workers in Germany amidst the global financial crisis. Findings of the study are drawn from the latest available data on the labour market performance of native-German and non-German migrant workers as well as other socioeconomic...
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Are Ireland’s Immigrants Integrating into its Labour Market?
Barrett, Alan; Duffy, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Ireland has experienced a remarkable change in its migratory patterns in recent years and has moved from experiencing large-scale emigration to receiving significant inflows. In this paper, we use data from a nationally representative sample of immigrants and natives drawn in 2005 to assess the...
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