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Apprenticeship training in Canada : a theoretical and empirical analysis
Weiermair, Klaus - 1984
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000507846
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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428327
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The Determinants of Participation in a Social Program : Evidence from a Prototypical Job Training Program
Heckman, James J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2021
This paper decomposes the participation process of a prototypical program into eligibility, awareness, application, acceptance and enrollment. With this decomposition, we determine the sources of unequal participation for different groups, and demonstrate that variables often have very different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013230575
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The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth : theory and evidence from German apprenticeship
Clark, Damon (contributor); Fahr, René (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001723113
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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria : Evidence from Failed Firms
Fersterer, Josef - 2007
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. OLS … selection in who obtains an apprenticeship, and what type. In order to overcome the resulting ability bias we estimate returns … to apprenticeship training for apprentices in failed firms in Austria. When a firm fails, current apprentices cannot …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776154
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Why Do Firms Train? Theory and Evidence
Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2021
This paper offers and tests a theory of training whereby workers do not pay for general training they receive. The crucial ingredient in our model is that the current employer has superior information about the worker's ability relative to other firms. This informational advantage gives the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013231422
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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung : eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland
Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999
This Feconometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428228
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Differential Mortality in the UK
Attanasio, Orazio; Emmerson, Carl - 2021
In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth rankings are important determinants of mortality and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013220075
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Three-Generation Mobility in the United States, 1850-1940 : The Role of Maternal and Paternal Grandparents
Olivetti, Claudia - 2016
This paper estimates intergenerational elasticities across three generations in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. We extend the methodology in Olivetti and Paserman (2015) to explore the role of maternal and paternal grandfathers for the transmission of economic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996382
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Is the Melting Pot Still Hot? Explaining the Resurgence of Immigrant Segregation
Cutler, David M.; Glaeser, Edward L.; Vigdor, Jacob L. - 2021
This paper uses decennial Census data to examine trends in immigrant segregation in the United States between 1910 and 2000. Immigrant segregation declined in the first half of the century, but has been rising over the past few decades. Analysis of restricted access 1990 Census microdata...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013228263