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Two economists' musings on the stability of locus of control
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Schurer, Stefanie - 2011
and (ii) accounting for error in the skill measures they employ. -- non-cognitive skills ; locus of control ; stability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235516
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Human capital and earnings of female immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2002
skill disadvantage of foreign-born women in the United States (relative to foreign-born women in Australia and Canada … relationships. For this reason, we might expect that the stronger emphasis on skill-based admissions in Australia and Canada …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413352
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Selection policy and the labour market outcomes of new immigrants
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
immigrants arriving in Australia at the end of the 1990s. Moreover, approximately half of the fall in men’s unemployment rates … immigrants arriving in Australia at the end of the 1990s. Moreover, approximately half of the fall in men's unemployment rates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002482153
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Noncognitive skills, occupational attainment, and relative wages
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Tan, Michelle - 2009
, we find that accounting for the endogeneity of occupational attainment more than halves the proportion of the overall …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003872720
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Gender, comparative advantage and labor market activity in immigrant families
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Crossley, Thomas F. - 2001
The family investment hypothesis predicts that credit-constrained immigrant families adopt a household strategy for financing post-migration human capital investment in which the partner with labor market comparative advantage engages in investment activities and the other partner undertakes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401281
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Immigration policy and the skills of immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
ties to Mexico than with the fact that skill-based admissions are less important in the United States than in Australia and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403808