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training to academic or non-academic jobs. Only about half of the postdocs sees strong incentives for academic research, but …
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Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey evidence showing that research grants impact research content. Research units that receive funds from industry are more likely to source ideas from the private sector. The higher the...
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This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
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Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...
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On Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, editors who contribute to the same articles and exchange comments on articles' talk pages work in collaborative manner engaging in communication about their work. Thus they can be considered as peers who are likely to influence each other. In this...
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Applying a differences-in-differences strategy, I study the decentralization of university admission as a natural experiment. Is the centralized or decentralized procedure better suited to match prospective students to universities? The analysis uses administrative data on all students within...
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This paper shows that training of older employees is less effective. Training effectiveness is measured with respect to … also pursue less ambitious goals with their training participation. An important reason for these differences during the … life cycle might be that firms do not offer the 'right' training forms and contents. Older employees get higher returns …
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We analyse Polish active labour market policy (ALMP) training programmes from a macroeconomic (regional) point of view …. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all ALMP programmes on the … gives some tentative support to the view that public training programmes can be used to reduce unemployment. …
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This paper explores whether investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and firm?sponsored training …?98. Results for a system of interrelated factor demands indicate that training complements ICT but not other capital goods. SYS …?GMM estimates of production functions reveal that ICT capital is most productive if complemented by training measures in skill …
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This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are...
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