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The effects of higher education programme characteristics on allocation and performance of the graduates: a European view
Hans, Heijke; Christoph, Meng - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2006
transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297443
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Homo Reciprocans: Survey Evidence on Behavioural Outcomes
Thomas, Dohmen; Armin, Falk; David, Huffman; Uwe, Sunde - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2008
This paper complements the experimental literature that has shown theimportance of reciprocity for behaviour in stylized labour markets or otherdecision settings. We use individual measures of reciprocal inclinations in alarge, representative survey, and relate reciprocity to real world labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297445
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Repeated Job Quits: Stepping stones or learning about quality?
Gielen Anne C. - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2008
Despite the fact that worker quits are often associated with wage gains and higheroverall job satisfaction, many workers quit once again within one or two years afterchanging jobs initially. Such repeated job quit behavior may arise as a steppingstone to better quality jobs (Burdett, 1978) or as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297446
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Why do Part-Time Workers invest less in Human Capital than Full-Timers?
Annemarie, Nelen; de, Grip Andries - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2008
We analyze whether lower investments in human capital of part-time workers are due to workers’ characteristics or human resource practices of the firm. We focus on investments in both formal training and informal learning. Using the Dutch Life-Long-Learning Survey 2007, we find that part-time...
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Training, Task Flexibility and Low-Skilled Workers' Employability
Sanders, Jos; Grip, Andries de - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2003
In this paper we analyse whether the training participation and task flexibility of low-skilled workers contribute to their firm-internal and external mobility. We find that both workers’ training participation and task flexibility merely contribute to workers’ firm-internal employability....
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Training, Task Flexibility and Low-Skilled Workers' Employability
Jos, Sanders; de, Grip Andries - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2003
In this paper we analyse whether the training participation and task flexibility of low-skilled workers contribute to their firm-internal and external mobility. We find that both workers’ training participation and task flexibility merely contribute to workers’ firm-internal employability....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297449
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Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition
Ammermüller, Andreas; Heijke, Hans; Wöszmann, Ludger - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2003
data for lower secondary education. The results show substantial effects of student background on educational performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005297451
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What happens when agent T gets a computer?
Borghans, L.; Weel, B. ter - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2001
During the last decade a great many authors have shown that computers have a large impact on skill demand, production processes, and the organization and intensity of work. Analyses have indicated that the rates of change of these variables have been the largest in the more computer-intensive...
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Clustering Educational Categories in a Heterogeneous Labour Market
Heijke, H.; Matheeuwsen, A.; Willems, E. - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 1998
In most countries, the systems of educational classification are based on administrative criteria. For labour market analyses, however, a classification that demarcates an individual''s competences obtained by the courses attended is a better alternative. In this paper we will develop an...
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Upgrading in the European Union
Grip, A. de; Hoevenberg, J. - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 1996
increase in skill levels and rather stable participation in continuing vocational education. The data also reveal diverging … substitutability between initial education (i.e. recruitment policies) and continuing training. However, if we correct for the …
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