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Validating SHARE in France with other French surveys : health and income data

Garrouste, Christelle; Godefroy, Pascal; Laferrère, Anne - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is cross national: the questionnaire is identical across all participating countries and, because of the modest size of the sample in each country, it is usually not feasible to proceed to solely national use of the data. Moreover, as...

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A selection analysis on education returns in China

Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper estimates the economic returns to education in China from 1989 to 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) dataset. We find that education returns for one additional year generally increase from 2.6% in 1989 to 7.9% in 2009. Education returns, however, may reflect...

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The distribution of adult training among European unemployed: Evidence from recent surveys

Badescu, Mircea; Garrouste, Christelle; Loi, Massimo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

The importance of a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly relevant in the context of the European Union’s new strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth — ‘Europe 2020’. Policies encouraging wide participation in continuing training are therefore an important...

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School-to-work transitions in Europe: Paths towards a permanent contract

Garrouste, Christelle; Loi, Massimo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

difficulties faced by college and university graduates to find adequate employment. This study is concerned with analyzing the … speed of transition of students to permanent employment as a proxy of professional stability, and by identifying possible …) inactivity; (3)unemployment; (4) fixed-term/temporary employment; and (5) permanent employment (the 5th state being a non …

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100 years of educational reforms in Europe: a contextual database

Garrouste, Christelle - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This report presents the macro data on educational reforms collected for the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The first and chore part provides an analytical overview of the educational reforms that may have affected the skill level of Europe’s elderly population....

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Education and Long-Term Unemployment

Garrouste, Christelle; Kozovska, Kornelia; Arjona … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

This paper investigates the relationship between education and long-term unemployment when considering regional economic differences and other relevant variables at the individual and at the local level, using data from the 2004-2006 EU-SILC (11 countries). The analysis has been run using both a...

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Childhood, Schooling and Income Inequality

Cavapozzi, Danilo; Garrouste, Christelle; Paccagnella, Omar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Parental or socioeconomic background plays an important role in determining employment outcomes during the individual …

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Training, education and productivity

Carmichael, Fiona; Ercolani, Marco; Kang, Lili; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of training and education on productivity, in particular linking to a literature that emphasizes the need to reorganise production following adoption of ICT. The paper examines training at the total economy level and variation across industries, focusing...

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New measures of workforce skills in the EU

Kang, Lili; O'Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper presents new data series designed to yield a more complete picture of the growth in average skill levels embedded in the EU workforce, comparing with competitor countries such as the US and China. Harmonised data from EU surveys are employed to extend coverage in existing databases to...

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Market Mechanism and Skill Premiums in the UK 1972-2002

Peng, Fei; Kang, Lili - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper examines the effect of shifts in the relative supply and demand of skills on the skill premiums and wage …

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