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subsequent educational and labour market outcomes to control for the dynamic selection of students into dual programs. Third … indirect effects (via educational achievement). We find evidence for short-term labour market advantages but only for the …
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change sign (the wedge may become a premium). In any case, the same pension contribution will discourage labour less if the …
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covers the period 1993-2005. The estimates indicate that it is advantageous to adjust the stock of labour and capital … simultaneously. The cost advantage of simultaneous changes is small for capital but is large for labour. The empirical results … suggest that when estimating separate factor demand models the bias of parameter estimates is most severe in case of labour …
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this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour …, we find that internship experience has a positive effect on labour market outcomes that diminishes over time, although …
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countries support, rather than oppose, protective labour regulations. This evidence holds across countries in different regions …, across different types of protective labour regulations (i.e. severance payment, minimum wages, working time), and for … different categories of outsiders (i.e. unemployed workers and employees without access to legally mandated labour benefits). We …
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is lower female labour market participation and employment when compared to their counterparts in Tuscany, while we do …
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This study examines the direct and indirect impact (via educational achievement) of student work during secondary education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes as a chain of discrete choices. To tackle their...
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via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and … over and above any income effect induced by the scheme and is robust to concerns about endogeneity of labour force … which children's educational outcomes improve is empowerment of mothers resulting from better labour market opportunities …
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This paper examines change in wage gaps in urban China by estimating quantile regressions on CHIPS data. It applies the Machado and Mata (2005) decomposition, finding sharp increases in inequality from 1988 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2008 largely due to changes in the wage structure. The analysis...
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For transition economies labour market flexibility is necessary for successful restructuring and reallocation of labour … issue of labour market flexibility in transition countries by studying the optimality and efficiency of labour usage among … by value-added and capital stock. Speed of adjustment and labour use optimality and efficiency show much greater …
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