In this paper we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals …

-National Equivalent File. Our main interest is to test whether a glass ceiling exists for women. Conventional thinking about the glass …

than external courses, and language, administrative and personal skills courses are more effective than sales training and …

analyze changes in literacy skills for individuals as a function of time out of work. In general, we find statistically strong … evidence on a negative relationship between work interruptions and skills. Our analysis suggests that depreciation of general … (literacy) skills is economically significant. Our estimates imply that a full year of non-employment is associated with skill …

technologies, associated with high total factor productivity and high returns to skills, are complementary to highly educated …