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Disaggregate Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2001
This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
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Matching language proficiency to occupation: the effect on immigrants' earnings
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
are related to correct matching of an individual's language skills and that of his occupation. Moreover, the findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267923
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Occupational language requirements and the value of English in the US labor market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
native born and foreign born, as reported in the 2000 Census, one percent sample. Working in an occupation that requires … required for the occupation, and when those with high levels of proficiency work in jobs requiring English language skills … occupation's requirements, and this matching does tend to occur in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268142
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The international transferability of immigrants' human capital skills
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational level to occupational attainment among adult native born and foreign born men in the U.S., using the 2000 Census. Overeducation is found to be more common among recent labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268419
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Earnings and occupational attainment: immigrants and the native born
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2007
This paper examines the determinants of occupational attainment and the impact of occupation on earnings. Results for … earnings gains associated with years of schooling derives from inter-occupational mobility. When occupation is held constant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268431
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
, by level of skill, and by occupation. While point estimates differ, particularly when earnings equations are estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271256
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The prevalence and effects of occupational licensing
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2008
This study provides the first nation-wide analysis of the labor market implications of occupational licensing for the U.S. labor market, using data from a specially designed Gallup survey. We find that in 2006, 29 percent of the workforce was required to hold an occupational license from a...
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Where do new Ph.D. economists go? Evidence from recent initial job placements
Chen, Jihui; Liu, Qihong; Billger, Sherrilyn M. - 2012
We use data from the 2007-2008 Ph.D. economist job market to investigate initial job placement in terms of job location, job type, and job rank. Our results suggest gender differences in all three dimensions of job placement. Relative to their male counterparts, female candidates are less (more)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289846
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Economic, neurobiological and behavioral perspectives on building America's future workforce
Knudsen, Eric I.; Heckman, James Joseph; Cameron, Judy L.; … - 2006
A growing proportion of the U.S. workforce will have been raised in disadvantaged environments that are associated with relatively high proportions of individuals with diminished cognitive and social skills. A cross-disciplinary examination of research in economics, developmental psychology, and...
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The impact of education and occupation on temporary and permanent work incapacity
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Lau, Daniel; Pozzoli, Dario - 2012
contribution is to allow endogeneity of both education and occupation by estimating a quasi-maximum-likelihood discrete factor … administrative registers for 1998-2002. We generally find an independent role of both education and occupation on temporary work …, the effects of education and occupation on permanent work incapacity are generally insignificant. …
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