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where on-the-job training is important, job candidates with a record of grade retention are 16% less likely to receive a …
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Technological change and globalization have sparked debates on the changing demand for skills in western labour markets …, technical and basic skills in a novel way. This method allows us to uncover the skills middle-skilled students learn in school …
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abilities it also enhances non-cognitive skills. The net effect of conscription is hard to identify due to issues of self …
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Overeducated workers are more productive and have higher wages in comparison to their adequately educated coworkers in the same jobs. However, they face a series of challenges in the labor market, including lower wages in comparison to their similarly educated peers who are in correctly matched...
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the German apprenticeship system that offers three-year professional training for the majority of school leavers … apprenticeships experienced the strongest negative effects. The reform aggravated the skills shortage in the economy. …
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Given asymmetric information, this paper explores the need for non-tenure-track jobs in academia alongside the usual tenure-track positions. It also explains the coexistence of these two types of jobs in research universities as an equilibrium phenomenon. The increased e¤ort needed to produce...
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improve their digital competencies. The present exploratory study investigated whether business apps training was associated … with entrepreneurs' and firms' digital advancements. The business apps training was offered to migrant entrepreneurs … running small firms in Athens (Greece) over three months, with data collected before and after the training. The analysis …
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complements, tertiary education can act as a channel that makes training effective. Regarding non-cognitive skills, evidence shows … incorporating tertiary education and entrepreneurial training programs focused on a balanced set of skills, including non … effectiveness of entrepreneurial training with an analysis that links training and human capital, including tertiary education and …
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likelihood of receiving employer provided training. Using unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, we confirm that … employees are more likely to receive training when their jobs are characterized by greater decision-making autonomy and task … variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply …
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Extant literature documents a relationship between human resource management (HRM) practices and performance, but the mechanisms underlying this relationship are still not well understood. We develop a theoretical framework of the HRM-performance relationship fusing an employment systems...
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