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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2014
Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...
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The value of formal host-country education for the labour market position of refugees : evidence from Austria
Ludolph, Lars - 2021
Refugees hosted across the developed world often work in low-quality jobs, regardless of education previously attained … in their country of origin. In this paper, I analyse the long-term value of formal host-country education for refugees … of receiving host-country instead of origin country education to recover local average treatment effects of education …
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Do natives' beliefs about refugees' education level affect attitudes toward refugees? : evidence from randomized survey experiments
Lergetporer, Philipp; Piopiunik, Marc; Simon, Lisa - 2017
exogenously shifted participants' beliefs about refugees' education level through information provision. Consistent with economic … theory, we find that beliefs about refugees' education significantly affect concerns about labor market competition. These …
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Skills or degree? : the rise of skill-based hiring for AI and green jobs
Ehlinger, Eugenia Gonzalez; Stephany, Fabian - 2023
university education for AI roles declined by 23%, while AI roles advertise five times as many skills as job postings on average …, vocational education and training, micro-certificates, and online bootcamps to use human capital to its full potential and to …
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The effects of youth labor market reforms : evidence from Italian apprenticeships
Albanese, Andrea; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Leonardi, Marco - 2017
This paper estimates the causal effects of the 2003 reform of the Italian apprenticeship contract which aimed at introducing the "dual system" in Italy by allowing on-the-job training. The reform also increased the age eligibility of the apprenticeship contract and introduced a minimum floor to...
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Voting on public pensions with hand and feet : how young migrants try to escape from gerontocracy
Haupt, Alexander; Peters, Wolfgang - 2001
Aging changes the political power in a democracy in favor of the elder generations. Consequently, the retirees can extend the pay-as-you-go financed pensions. Under free labor mobility like within the EU, the success of gerontocracy, nevertheless, is restricted by migration of the young...
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National minimum wage and employment of young workers in the UK
Fidrmuc, Jan; Tena, J. D. - 2013
We analyze the impact of the UK national minimum wage (NMW) on the employment of young workers. The previous literature found little evidence of an adverse impact of the NMW on the UK labor market. We focus on the age-related increases in the NMW at 18 and 22 years of age. Using regression...
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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2013 - This version: July 2013
In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees' labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....
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Performance of young adults : the importance of different skills
Falch, Torberg; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - 2013
This paper uses teacher assessments at age 16 in Norwegian comprehensive schools to measure different types of skills. While we follow the literature and interpret test scores in Mathematics and Science as proxy for cognitive skills, we use a novel measure for another type of skills: Performance...
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Waiting longer before claiming, and activating youth : no point?
Cockx, Bart; Van Belle, Eva - 2016
In Belgium school-leavers are entitled to unemployment benefits after a waiting period and eligible to intensified counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within three months. The length of the waiting period and eligibility to the YWP are sharply determined...
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