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Concentration versus re-matching? Evidence about the locational effects of commuting costs

Boehm, Michael J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Using administrative employer-employee data from Germany, I exploit two reductions of tax breaks for commuting in 2003/4 and 2006/7 to estimate commuting costs’ effect on the decision to switch job and move house. Standard theory predicts that higher commuting costs should lead to increased...

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A general method for valuing non-market goods using wellbeing data: three-stage wellbeing valuation

Fujiwara, Daniel - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Subjective wellbeing data is becoming increasingly popular in economics research. The wellbeing valuation approach uses wellbeing data instead of data gleaned from preferences to attach monetary values to non-market goods. This method could be an important alternative to preference-based...

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On the relative gains to immigration: a comparison of the labour market position of Indians in the USA, the UK and India

De Coulon, Augustin; Wadsworth, Jonathan - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

While most studies of the decision to immigrate focus on the absolute income differences between countries, we argue that relative change in purchasing power or status, as captured by an individual’s ranking in the wage distribution, may also be important. This will in turn be influenced by...

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Apprenticeship policy in England: increasing skills versus boosting young people’s job prospects

Steedman, Hilary - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

Successive British governments have committed substantial public resources to apprentice training, but far too few …

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The impact of policy change on job retention and advancement

Dickins, Richard; McKnight, Abigail - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

This paper examines the impact of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) on employment retention and advancement. The WFTC, which replaced Family Credit in October 1999, supplemented earnings of low paid workers living in low income families. It was designed to increase the financial incentive...

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The impact of policy change on job retention and advancement

Dickins, Richard; McKnight, Abigail - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008

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Cross-national rankings of intergenerational mobility: a comparison of approaches from economics and sociology

Blanden, Jo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

This paper summarizes research on the relative level of intergenerational mobility – whether classified by income, education or social class. The literatures on education and income mobility reveal a similar ranking with South America, other developing nations, southern European countries and...

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The growth of extended 'entry tournaments' and the decline of institutionalised occupational labour markets in Britain

Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

In recent years, British labour markets have been characterised by a decline of institutional regulation of entry routes into many occupations and internal labour markets. This paper examines this change by comparing occupational labour markets for selected occupations in which institutional...

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Career structures and training in internal labour markets in Britain - and comparisons with West Germany

Marsden, David - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1982

. In the financial sector, these career streams are linked to training and geographical mobility within the organization … with those with craft skills. For the former, company-specific training develops with internal movement. For the latter …, training is by apprenticeship leading to externally transferable skills. The two sub-systems are interrelated as it is often …

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Impact of work experience and training in the current and previous occupations on earnings: micro evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Dougherty, Christopher - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

In the empirical literature on work experience, job tenure, training and earnings, only one previous study has made a … has made the distinction with respect to training. Yet it is reasonable to hypothesize that the distinction is important … independent effect. Similarly it is found that the distinction between training for current and previous occupations gives better …

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