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In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers? salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
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schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …
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We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
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This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
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education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
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by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic', this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in … significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the …
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After a merger, company officials face the challenge of making compensation schemes uniform and of redesigning teams … the relationship between executive pay and performance after a merger by dissociating the respective influence of shifts … merger. Replicating this experiment with students showed differences in strategy rather than in substance between the two …
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treatments in Switzerland using identical survey techniques previously used in Germany and the United States. In Switzerland …
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In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...
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population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …
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