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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms
Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071324
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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria: evidence from failed firms
Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2008
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS estimates suggest that the returns are similar to those of other types of schooling. However, there is a lot of heterogeneity in the quality of apprenticeships offered, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071524
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The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth: theory and evidence from German apprenticeship
Clark, Damon; Fahr, Rene - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002
This paper assesses the potential of `workplace training'' with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide `optimal'' training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744921
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Does high involvement management lead to higher pay?
Böckerman, Petri; Bryson, Alex; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011
Using nationally representative survey data for Finnish employees linked to register data on their wages and work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011071162
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Labor market institutions, wages and investment
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
wages or union contracts mandate that relatively high wages have to be paid to these workers. I report some empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884716
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Access all areas? The impact of fees and background on student demand for postgraduate higher education in the UK
Wales, Philip - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper analyses participation in postgraduate higher education in the UK at the micro-level makes several …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126604
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Employment trajectories for mothers in low-skilled work: evidence from the British lone parent cohort
Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax credit subsidies and support for childcare. Maternal employment is seen a central plank in the campaign against child poverty, both because it raises income immediately and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744941
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A question of degree: the effects of degree class on labor market outcomes
Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
degrees on wages. In additional results we explore differences across groups and find evidence consistent with a simple model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745115
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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Ireland, Norman; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745232
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Over-education and the skills of UK graduates
Chevalier, Arnaud; Lindley, Joanne - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
investigates the effect of the expansion on early labour market attainment, focusing on over-education. We define over-education by … over-education wage penalties have remained stable. This suggests that the labour market accommodated most of the large … over-education increases unemployment by three months but has no impact of the number of jobs held. Individual unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745327