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Does Less Wage Compression Lead to Less Training in Germany? An Expansion of Acemoglu and Pischke's Model of Training in Imperfect Labor Markets

Neubäumer, Renate - 2016

We expand Acemoglu and Pischke's seminal model of training in imperfect labor markets by including the system of collective wage bargaining and the components of firms' training costs. Thus we can adapt their model to institutional changes that occurred since the 1990s. The model and the...

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"The Double Dividend of Training" - Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland

Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022

This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...

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Career Changers in Teaching Jobs : A Case Study Based on the Swiss Vocational Education System

Hof, Stefani - 2011

This study investigates the determinants and motives of professionals who change career to vocational teaching. The … a prior career in that specific field. Thus, to work in teaching, every vocational teacher has to change his or her … initial career. This paper focuses on the relevance of monetary motives for changing a career to teaching. Using a unique data …

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Non-Cognitive Skills and Personality Traits : Labour Market Relevance and Their Development in Education & Training Systems

Brunello, Giorgio - 2011

This paper reviews the empirical economic literature on the relative importance of non cognitive skills for school and labour market outcomes, with a focus on Europe. There is evidence that high cognitive test scores are likely to result not only from high cognitive skills but also from high...

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The Heterogeneous Effects of Training Incidence and Duration on Labor Market Transitions

Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2010

This paper estimates the impact of training incidence and duration on employment transitions accounting for the endogeneity of program participation and duration. We specify a very flexible bivariate random effects probit model for employment and training participation and we use Bayesian Markov...

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Why are So Few Females Promoted into CEO and Vice-President Positions? Danish Empirical Evidence 1997-2007

Smith, Nina - 2011

disappearance of statistical discrimination against women who succeed getting into career track positions. The results reflect that …

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Gender Gaps in Spain : Family Issues and the Career Development of College Educated Men and Women

González de San Román, Ainara - 2012

and working career in Spain, where changes in female behavior with respect to the labor market have been relatively recent …

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Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career : Gender, Unionism, and Sector

Addison, John T. - 2012

, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages … attention to the role of unionism and the public sector. It is reported that mid-career females are more likely than males to be … most cases an improvement over the early-career findings but in mid-career the mediating influence of unionism is more …

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The Impact of Female Employment on Male Wages and Careers : Evidence from the English Banking Industry, 1890-1941

Seltzer, Andrew - 2012

The late 19th and early 20th century British labour market experienced an influx of female clerical workers. Employers argued that female employment increased opportunities for men to advance; however, most male clerks regarded this expansion of the labour supply as a threat to their pay and...

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Female Labour Supply, Human Capital and Welfare Reform

Blundell, Richard W. - 2013

We consider the impact of tax credits and income support programs on female education choice, employment, hours and human capital accumulation over the life-cycle. We analyze both the short run incentive effects and the longer run implications of such programs. By allowing for risk aversion and...

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