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Structural estimation of search intensity : do non-employed workers search enough?
Gautier, Pieter; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - 2007
We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....
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The impact of trade liberalization on the return to education in Vietnam : wage versus employment effect
Oostendorp, Remco H.; Doan Hong Quang - 2010
Several studies have identified the impact of trade liberalization in developing countries on the return to education …. These studies have typically estimated the return to education in terms of changes in wages rather than employment … trade liberalization on the return to education taking into account both changes in wages and employment. The results show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386195
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Wages and employment in the Netherlands, 2017-2023
Klinker, Iris; Weel, Bas ter - 2024
This research documents changes in employment and wages in the Netherlands for different types of workers. We compare 2017 to 2023 using regression-adjusted wages to make sure changes in composition of the workforce do not influence our estimates. The research period has been characterised by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014541860
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Friendship relations in the school class and adult economic attainment
Galeotti, Andrea; Müller, Gerrit - 2005
We analyze the impact of adolescents' friendship relations in their final-year class of highschool on subsequent labor market success. Based on a typology of network positions we locateeach student within the social system of the school class as either: an isolate, a sycophant,a broker or a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343280
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Employment assimilation of immigrants in the Netherlands
Zorlu, Aslan; Hartog, Joop - 2008
irrelevance of education for socio-economic position of immigrants once the country of origin has been controlled for. …
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The value of an educated population for an individual's entrepreneurship success
Millán Morera de la Vall, José María; Congregado, Emilio - 2013 - Version: September 2013
Human capital obtained through education has been shown to be one of the strongest drivers of entrepreneurship …. The value of other input factors, such as (knowledge) capital and labor is likely to be affected by the education level of … the possible stakeholders in the entrepreneur’s venture. The education distribution of the (local) population may thus …
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Selective secondary education and school participation in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Malawi
Hoop, Jacobus de - 2010 - Version 15 April 2010
have implications for education policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Do stepping stone jobs exist? : early career paths in the medical profession
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - 1999
In the Netherlands, students who want to become a medical specialist have toenrol in a training program which is in limited supply. During the search for aposition as trainee (or "junior medical specialist"), they may accept atemporary job as a medical assistant. We use a micro data set to...
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Determinants of the regional demand for higher education
Sá, Carla; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Rietveld, Piet - 2003
Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasizethe relevance of socio …
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Measuring externalities in program evaluation
Janssens, Wendy - 2006
Impact evaluations of development programmes usually focus on a comparison of participants with a control group. However, if the programme generates externalities for non-participants such an approach will capture only part of the programme’s impact. Based on a unique large-scale quantitative...
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