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Potential Parenthood and Career Progression of Men and Women : A Simultaneous Hazards Approach
Biewen, Martin - 2016
We analyze individual career transitions of men and women in Germany. Our particular focus is on the association of … women, and a positive significant association of the hazard of parenthood with upward career transitions for men. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012986758
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Women's Career Choices, Social Norms and Child Care Policies
Barigozzi, Francesca - 2017
study the design and effectiveness of three commonly used policies. We find that child care subsidies and women quotas can …
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Women's Careers and Family Formation
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Walther, Selma - 2023
This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …
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Female Neighbors, Test Scores, and Careers
Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2022
How much does your neighbor impact your test scores and career? In this paper, we examine how an observable characteristic of same-age neighbors their gender affects a variety of high school and university outcomes. We exploit randomness in the gender composition of local cohorts at birth from...
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Business Visits and the Quest for External Knowledge
Tani, Massimiliano - 2011
This paper contributes to existing work on innovation by studying the determinants of various types of interaction between a firm and its external environment. In particular, it focuses on face-to-face interactions carried out through international business visits. The results indicate that...
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Time is on My Side : Relational Contracts and Aggregate Welfare
Kukharskyy, Bohdan - 2018
This paper develops a simple general equilibrium model which establishes a link between the patience of economic agents and the well-being of nations. We show that firms in long-term oriented countries can mitigate hold-up inefficiencies by engaging with their suppliers in relational contracting...
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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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Human Capital and Career Success : Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Frederiksen, Anders - 2011
(measured by appointments to top management). First, we confirm the beneficial effect of acquiring general human capital …
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Employer's Information and Promotion-Seeking Activities
Epstein, Gil S. - 2012
This paper presents a model in which promotion of employees within the internal firm hierarchy is determined by the individuals' allocation of time between promotion/rent-seeking and productive activity. We consider the effect of an increase in the employer's knowledge (information) regarding...
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The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions
Zinovyeva, Natalia - 2012
This paper analyzes the role of connections in academic promotions. We exploit evidence from centralized evaluations in Spain, where evaluators are randomly assigned to promotion committees. We find that prior connections between candidates and evaluators have a dramatic impact on candidates'...
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