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Elección de ocupación: factores personales y aspectos sociales
Tacsir, Ezequiel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The advancement towards knowledge-based societies has modified the labor markets and qualification requirements. In this sense, and considering that individual choices about careers and occupations have pervasive social effects, there is a growing interest from both academics and policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596378
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How effective are Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools?
Buddin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study uses value-added methods to examine the effectiveness of Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies substantially across the school district. Most of the variance in teacher effectiveness is within schools and not across schools....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765624
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Impact of Training on Earnings: Evidence from Pakistani Industries
Asma, Hyder; Javaid, Zainab - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Abstract Training and skills development play a vital role in individual’s productive capacity and are integral part of … Human Resource Development (HRD). This study aims to examine the role of training in determination of wages. By utilizing … the cross-sectional data from Labor Force Survey 2005-06, results have shown that training is not significant in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258640
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The Choice of For-Profit College
Chung, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper I investigate whether students self-select into the US for-profit colleges or whether the choice of for-profit sector is accidental or due to the reasons external to the students (geographic exposure to for-profit providers, tuition pricing, or random circumstances). The main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514895
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The Effects of For-Profit College Training on Earnings
Chung, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper, I obtain the estimates of the effects of for-profit training and credentials on students' annualized … multinomial model of selection into for-profit postsecondary training. To identify the selection into for-profit training, I use … significant effects of for-profit Associate degrees for males are due to the unrelated vocational training. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514897
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For-Profit Student Heterogeneity
Chung, Anna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this study, I use three data sets collected by the US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES): National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies of 1996, 2000 and 2004 (NPSAS:96,NPSAS:2000, and NPSAS:04) to derive the characteristics of the students in the US...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514903
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Situation Analysis to Support the Programme Design Process for National Skills Strategy of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Janjua, Yasin; Mohammad, Irfan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
on how best to support the implementation of the National Skills Strategy for Pakistan. The Paper briefly covers areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260657
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From Training to Labour Market. Holocletic Model.
Santos, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The desired professional insertion (placement) after training is under the influence of personal and exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694000
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'Content to be sad' or 'runaway apprentice'? The psychological contract and career agency of young scientists in the entrepreneurial university
Lam, Alice; de Campos, Andre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This article examines employee agency in psychological contracts by exploring how young scientists proactively shape their careers in response to unmet expectations induced by academic entrepreneurialism. It uses the lens of social exchange to examine their relationships with the professors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122819
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The Allocation of Talent: Evidence from the Market of Economists
Boehm, Michael J.; Watzinger, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Recent research in labor economics has highlighted the substantial and long-lasting adverse effect of recessions on employment prospects and earnings. In this paper, we study whether individuals react to these shocks by changing career paths and thereby affect the selection of talent into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776872