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overqualification and skill mismatch is found to differ strongly between fields of study, type of university and gender. In addition, we …
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There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
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There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
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This paper investigates the relationship between the gender wage gap, the choice of training occupation, and … persistent gender wage gap over experience, the gap has decreased over time. Second, in the lower part of the wage distribution … distribution. We conclude that occupational mobility has reduced the gender wage gap, but lock{in effects are still stronger for …
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diversity suggests positive effects of gender diverse boards on corporate governance and even firm performance. The mechanism …
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Employee resistance against innovations is a virulent phenomenon and there is a broad theoretical literature on its determinants. The empirical evidence is scarce, however, and mainly provides descriptive evidence on the incidence of the phenomenon and concentrates on the effectiveness of change...
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This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany … with respect to the impact of family background and cohorts. However, there are significant dissimilarities depending on … the stage observed in the educational career, in particular with respect to gender differences. …
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This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...
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This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen …, taking gender-specific sample selectivity into account. The results indicate that the completion of a minimum level of …
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