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In this study we elicit employers preferences for a variety of CV attributes and types of skills when recruiting university graduates. Using two discrete choice experiments, we simulate the two common steps of the graduate recruitment process 1 the selection of suitable candidates for job...
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Field of study choice has far-reaching implications for individuals enrolling in university. Field of study choice is strongly linked to the subject matter graduates will specialize in, the kind of work environment they will be working in, and the returns to their skills they can expect once...
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In elementary school, girls typically outperform boys in languages and boys typically outperform girls in math. The determinants of these differences have remained largely unexplored. Using rich data from Dutch elementary schools, we decompose the differences in achievement into gender...
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contexts. These observations suggest that skills matter for explaining wage effects of education and educational mismatches …
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recommendation as compared to the other recommendations, for students whose parents have a tertiary education degree are between 1 ….6 and 3.6 times greater than for students whose parents only have a primary education degree. For the math exit test score I …
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In this paper we develop and test a new set of measures of skill mismatches, based on data on skill levels and skill use in the domains of literacy and numeracy from the PIAAC project. The measures we develop represent the extent of skill use relative to ones own skill level. We test the...
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tertiary education or cognitive skills. This paper is based on a large and representative graduate survey of graduates in the …
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In this paper, we reflect on the skills higher education graduates are expected to have in todays economy and the role … of higher education in equipping graduates with these skills. First, we identify 6 trends which form the basis of the … role of higher education institutions in equipping graduates with these skills. …
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Social background directly impacts educational choice and attainment, but also influences choice and attainment indirectly by affecting school performance. Boudon (1974) described this relationship as primary (indirect) and secondary (direct) effects of social stratification. Based on this...
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Oceania with the PISA 2009 data from 45 origin countries or regions. In addition to the level of societal gender equality of …
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