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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 framework for this study is the Swiss vocational education system, which requires that teachers of vocational subjects must have a prior career in that specific field. Thus, to...
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Training in Late Careers : A Structural Approach
Backhaus, Teresa - 2023
This study investigates the role of on-the-job training in the employment outcomes of less educated men in their late careers. Using survey data from the German National Education Panel Study adult cohort, I estimate a structural dynamic discrete-choice model reflecting the trade-offs of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014254948
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Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories
Lundin, Martin - 2018
effects of being elected into Swedish student union councils on subsequent labor market careers. Marginally elected students …
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Additional Career Assistance and Educational Outcomes for Students in Lower Track Secondary Schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2017
outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on … average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous effects. For those students, who are taking extra coursework to continue …. In contrast, educational outcomes improve for students who do not take extra coursework. Hence, the treatment causes a …
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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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Human Capital and Career Success : Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Frederiksen, Anders - 2011
Denmark's registry data provide accurate and complete career history data along with detailed personal characteristics (e.g., education, gender, work experience, tenure and others) for the population of Danish workers longitudinally. By using such data from 1992 to 2002, we provide rigorous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123602
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Experienced and Inherited Disadvantage : A Longitudinal Study of Early Adulthood Neighbourhood Careers of Siblings
Manley, David - 2018
Longer term exposure to high poverty neighbourhoods can affect individual socio-economic outcomes later in life. Previous research has shown strong path dependence in individual neighbourhood histories. A growing literature shows that the neighbourhood histories of people is linked to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926709
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Gender Differences in Professional Career Dynamics : New Evidence from a Global Law Firm
Ganguli, Ina - 2020
We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law firms in the world. The law firm studied is representative of multinational law firms and operates in 23 countries. The sample includes countries at different stages of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835873
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How Do We Think the Covid-19 Crisis Will Affect Our Careers (If Any Remain)?
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This study is the first in the world to investigate the expected impact of the COVID-19 crisis on career outcomes and career aspirations. To this end, high-quality survey research with a relevant panel of Belgian employees was conducted. About 21% of them fear losing their jobs due to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835882
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Is Compassion a Good Career Move? : Nonprofit Earnings Differentials from Job Changes
Johnston, Andrew C. - 2020
We explore the nonprofit earnings penalty. To separate the influence of demand and supply, we leverage workers who change employers in administrative tax data. The average nonprofit worker earns 5.5 percent less than the average for-profit worker. Supply-side factors (worker selection)...
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