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Skill mismatch and learning-by-doing : theory and evidence from time allocation on tasks
Storm, Eduard - 2023
This paper studies wage effects and job mobility as a result of skill mismatch in worker- occupation pairs. I develop a Roy model in which learning on the job induces workers to shift more time towards job-specific activities. Using a short task panel containing data on worker’s time...
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Individualism vs. collectivism : how inherited cultural values affect labor market outcomes of second generation immigrants in the US
Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2017
The labor market performance of second generation immigrants is a crucial determinant of integration. Labor market returns to their different cultural traits, however, have been rarely researched within the economic literature. This study provides insight on the link between the level of...
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Life-cycle equilibrium unemployment
Chéron, Arnaud; Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François - In: Journal of labor economics 31 (2013) 4, pp. 843-882
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Product market evidence on the employment effects of the minimum wage
Aaronson, Daniel; French, Eric - In: Journal of labor economics 25 (2007) 1, pp. 167-200
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Exploration for human capital : evidence from the MBA labor market
Kuhnen, Camelia M.; Oyer, Paul E. - In: Journal of labor economics 34 (2016) 2, pp. 255-286
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Effects of job entry restrictions on economic integration : evidence for recent ethnic German immigrants
Brenner, Jan (contributor) - 2007
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Testing Becker's theory of positive assortative matching
Siow, Aloysius - In: Journal of labor economics 33 (2015) 2, pp. 409-441
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Quasi-experimental methods in empirical regional science and policy analysis : is there a scope for application?
Mitze, Timo; Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Alecke, Björn - 2012
revolution has yet to fully propagate to the field of regional science. We examine the scope for application of the matching … the matching approach is very appealing due to its methodological rigor and didactical clarity, we faced difficulties in … structural characteristics. Thus, results have to be interpreted with some caution. The matching approach nevertheless can be of …
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Analyzing the determinants of the matching of public school teachers to jobs : disentangling the preferences of teachers and employers
Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; … - In: Journal of labor economics 31 (2013) 1, pp. 83-117
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Causal effects of educational mismatch in the labor market
Kleibrink, Jan - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages in Germany, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Educational mismatch has been discussed extensively, mostly by applying OLS wage regressions which are prone to an unobserved heterogeneity bias. This problem is...
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