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We use (donut) regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy targeted at low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10...
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We use (donut) regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy targeted at low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014244086
bite was particularly pronounced. There, the minimum wage lowered both returns to skills and skill supply. We propose a …
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Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
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Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
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The canonical supply-demand model of the wage returns to skill has been extremely influential; however, it has faced several important challenges. Several studies show that the standard approach sometimes produces theoretically wrong-signed elasticities of substitution, yields counterintuitive...
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argue that developing complementary technologies and skills must feature prominently in the next wave of low-carbon energy … renewables, and human capital, to develop the skills workers need for a low-carbon economy. We document recent trends in energy … informs policy and research on the worker skills needed for the energy transition. …
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Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skillformation model where we … “underdog-incentive effect” implies that “educated underdogs” obtain superior adult skills. We find support for this mechanism …
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We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly – yet differently – rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …
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We study the job training provided under the US Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to adults and dislocated workers in two states. Our substantive contributions center on impacts estimated non-experimentally using administrative data. These impacts compare WIA participants who do and do not receive...
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