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Loafing or Learning? The Demand for Informal Education
Fahr, René - 2003
Using detailed time use data for Germany a positive correlation is found between the level of schooling education and …
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Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Die Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland hat in den letzten Jahren merklich zugenommen. Die Studie … Mittelpunkt, bevor die Situation im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung genauer untersucht wird. Diese ist zwar ein zentraler … Faktor für den Erhalt der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Lebensverlauf, ist jedoch strukturell in Deutschland nach wie vor …
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Training in Europe
Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2003
Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender differences in training participation over the period 1994-1999. We focus on ?lifelong learning?, fixed-term contracts, part-time versus full-time work, public/private sector affiliation, educational attainment, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261638
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Training and retirement
Kristensen, Nicolai - 2012
This paper presents results on the effect of formal life-long learning on the decision to retire early. Specifically, I estimate an Option Value model based on individual employer-employee longitudinal data including comprehensive government co-sponsored training records dating back more than 30...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286868
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Wirksamkeit der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen
Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - 2006
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of occupational training programs for the unemployed before and after the substantial amendments in German labor market legislation known as Hartz reforms. Based on the official evaluation of the reforms, we show that program impacts vary much across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267339
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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung
Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2006
The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267757
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The use of flexible measures to cope with economic crises in Germany and Brazil
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - 2011
This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286863
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Human capital investment with competitive labor search
Kaas, Leo; Zink, Stefan - 2008
We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268607
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Economic gains from publicly provided education in Germany
Frick, Joachim R.; Grabka, Markus M.; Groh-Samberg, Olaf - 2007
impact on the income distribution in Germany. Using representative micro-data from the SOEP and considering regional and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324269
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Do Firms Benefit from Active Labour Market Policies?
Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Scioch, Patrycja - 2013
This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionally informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...
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