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Arbeitsmarktpolitische Maßnahmen und ihre Evaluierung: eine Bestandsaufnahme

Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

(Title: Active Labor Market Policy and its Evaluation: The Current State of Affairs) Despite the considerable effort and the large financial expenditures spent on measures of Active Labor Market Policy in Germany, relatively little is known about their actual impact. To the contrary, past...

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Using Online Platforms for Competence Tests: A Component of the Demographic Policy of Germany

Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Lifelong learning represents a key response to the demographic challenge in Germany. In terms of professional success, not only hard skills but also soft skills hold importance. Indeed, the OECD competence tests PISA and PIAAC have come to the fore, although acquired skills are still relevant....

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Behavioral Economics of Education

Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

During the last decade knowledge about human behavior from psychology and sociology has enhanced the field of economics of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality traits not adequately measured by achievement tests)...

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"Soft" Skills, "Hard" Skills, and the Black/White Earnings Gap

Fan, C. Simon; Wei, Xiangdong; Zhang, Junsen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper provides both a theoretical and an empirical investigation into the impact of job skill types on the black/white pay differentials. The theoretical analysis derives that the more intensively "soft"/"hard" skills are used in an occupation, the greater/smaller the black/white pay...

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Online-Portale für Kompetenztests – ein Baustein für die Demografiestrategie Deutschlands

Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Die zentrale Antwort auf die demografische Herausforderung in Deutschland ist das lebenslange Lernen. Mit Blick auf den beruflichen Erfolg sind dabei nicht nur die hard skills, sondern auch die soft skills von Bedeutung. Kompetenzen wurden durch die OECD-Kompetenztests PISA und PIAAC zwar in den...

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Entrepreneurship Training and Self-Employment among University Graduates: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Tunisia

Premand, Patrick; Brodmann, Stefanie; Almeida, Rita K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

entrepreneurship track also heightened graduates' optimism toward the future shortly after the Tunisian revolution. …

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Network Structure and Education Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladesh

Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asadul; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

We study the causal impact of network centrality on educational outcomes using field experiments in primary schools in Bangladesh. After obtaining information on friendship networks, we randomly allocate students into groups and give them individual and group assignments. We find that groups...

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Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Investigation of Graduate Regional Mobility in the UK and its Impact upon Early Career Earnings

Kidd, Michael; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper uses HESA data from the Destination of Leavers from Higher Education survey 2003/04 to examine whether more mobile students in terms of choice of institution and location of employment earn more than those who are less mobile. The clear finding is that mobility is associated with...

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Too Many Graduates? An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model to Young British Graduates between 2001-2010

O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

of return to graduates or graduate mark-ups show high returns, suggesting that demand has kept up with a rapidly rising … supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate … defines graduate jobs in terms of the proportion of graduates and/or the graduate earnings mark-up within occupations, we find …

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Migration of Graduates within a Sequential Decision Framework: Evidence from Poland

Herbst, Mikolaj; Kaczmarczyk, Pawel; Wojcik, Piotr - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

process and in the life course. Applying multinomial logit modelling on the unique database on Polish graduates we find that …

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