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Firm Training
Black, Dan; Skipper, Lars; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2023
Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...
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"The Double Dividend of Training" - Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland
Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243161
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Introducing time-to-educate in a job search model
Becker, Sascha O. - 2005
Transition patterns from school to work differ considerably across OECD countries. Some countries exhibit high youth unemployment rates, which can be considered an indicator of the difficulty facing young people trying to integrate into the labor market. At the same time, education is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261362
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Market failures and the under-provision of training
Brunello, Giorgio; de Paola, Maria - 2004
This paper reviews both the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical evidence in support of the under-provision of training. While there is little if any evidence in support of underprovision because of liquidity constraints to the demand side of the market, there is evidence that employers...
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Sensitivity of matching-based program evaluations to the availability of control variables
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274772
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Lifting the veil: The face of TFP in an Indian rail mill
Das, Sanghamitra; Krishna, Kala M.; Lychagin, Sergey; … - 2011
We use a proprietary data set on the floor-level operations at the Bhilai Rail and Structural Mill (RSM) in India to understand how output rose sharply in response to competitive pressures. Output increases came predominantly from reductions in production delays of various kinds. We model...
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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? The dynamic effects of alternative training schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012
This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282053
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Rationality, irrationality and economic cognition
Whalley, John - 2005
. Learning played a major role in individuals achieving what was referred to as complete rationality. I draw on these ideas, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261170
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Optimal monetary policy when agents are learning
Molnár, Krisztina; Santoro, Sergio - 2010
We derive the optimal monetary policy in a sticky price model when private agents follow adaptive learning. We show … order to facilitate private sector learning and thus ease the future intratemporal inflation-output gap trade-offs. The … policy recommendation is robust: the welfare loss entailed by the optimal policy under learning if the private sector …
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Growth, expectations, and tariffs
Honkapohja, Seppo; Turunen-Red, Arja H.; Woodland, Alan D. - 2011
by growth expectations. Adaptive learning dynamics determine country-specific short run transition paths. Countries …
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