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the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant …
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Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer …
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6924 employees. We find these returns differ greatly depending on the nature of the training (general or specific); who … wage gains but only for white-collar employees"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site …
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British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill … of wage gains and training exists in Britain but only for white-collar employees. -- Training ; wage compression … ; performance …
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testable predictions regarding heterogeneous treatment effects from such programs. Using a large randomized evaluation in the … effects on business sales, earnings, or employees. …
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This evaluation study aims to assess the impact of PIPOL, an integrated program of active labor policies, on the …
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In this paper we study job design. Will an organization plan precisely how the job is to be done ex ante, or ask workers to determine the process as they go? We first model this decision and predict complementarity between these job attributes: multitasking, discretion, skills, and...
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employees are more likely to receive training when their jobs are characterized by greater decision-making autonomy and task … workplace flexibility is disproportionately oriented toward employees with a greater formal education. Our results also provide …
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This paper analyses the relationship between training, job satisfaction and workplace performance using the British … 2004 Workplace Employee Relations Survey (WERS). Several measures of performance are analysed including absence, quits …, financial performance, labour productivity and product quality. While there is clear evidence that training is positively …
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We model individual careers in sports and games from initial entry to eventual exit or success as a discrete-choice, finite-horizon optimization problem. We apply this model to the international game of chess and study cross-country differences in the relative success of players. While we find...
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