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Firm-Sponsored General Training in Frictional Labour Markets : An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland

Gerfin, Michael - 2004

According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...

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To Teach or Not to Teach? : Panel Data Evidence on the Quitting Decision

Price, Stephen Wheatley; Shields, Michael A.; Frijters, Paul - 2004

The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in England and Wales, using a nationally representative panel data set over 1997-2003. We document the outcomes of former teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and...

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Francesconi, Marco; Booth, Alison L.; Zoega, Gylfi - 2003

coverage on work-related training and how the union-training link affects wages and wage growth for a sample of full-time men …

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Class Ridden or Meritocratic? An Economic Analysis of Recent Changes in Britain

Galindo-Rueda, Fernando; Vignoles, Anna - 2003

In a meritocratic society an individual's economic success is determined by their ability, not by their parents' socio-economic status. We assess whether meritocracy has increased in both the British education system and labour market. The richness of our longitudinal data enables us to look at...

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Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Francesconi, Marco; Booth, Alison L.; Frank, Jeff - 2003

In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a ?buffer stock? model of temporary work that suggests a number of reasons why ethnic minorities and women may be more likely to be on...

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German Job Mobility and Wages

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

The paper investigates the relative importance of job mobility for wages in comparison with the human capital framework …

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The Effect of Immigration on Wages in Three European Countries

Hartog, Joop; Zorlu, Aslan - 2002

We extend the Altonji and Card (1991) framework for analysing the impact of immigrants on natives? wages from two to … small effects on natives? wages and no dominant robust patterns of substitution and complementarity. Effects on wages of …

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Who Pays for General Training? New Evidence for British Men and Women

Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002

forms of work-related training received by men and women over the period 1998-2000, and to estimate their impact on wages … estimate the impact of training – controlling for its financing method – on wages levels and wages growth. We find that … employer-financed training increases wages both in the current and future firms, with some evidence that the impact in future …

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Evaluating the causal effects of foreign acquisition on domestic skilled and unskilled wages

Girma, Sourafel; Görg, Holger - 2003

target?s development of wages for skilled and unskilled workers. We pay particular attention to identifying the causal effect …

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International fragmentation and relative wages in the UK

Hijzen, Alexander; Görg, Holger; Hine, Robert C. - 2003

This paper re-examines the trade-based explanation of increased wage inequality in developed countries by focusing on international outsourcing. It is the first detailed study to address the effects of outsourcing on labour markets in the UK. In a recent paper, Feenstra and Hanson (1996)...

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