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Training and search on the job
Lentz, Rasmus; Roys, Nicolas - 2016
training induce higher wages within jobs, and with future employers, even conditional on the future employer type. Because …
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Labor earnings, misallocation, and the returns to education in Mexico
Levy, Santiago; López-Calva, Luis F. - 2016
Over the last two decades Mexico has had an open trade regime, experienced macroeconomic stability, and made substantial progress in education. However, average workers¿ earnings have stagnated and earnings for workers with more schooling have declined, compressing the earnings distribution and...
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Demand-driven training and job turnover : the effects of Brazil's Pronate-MDIC at firm and worker level
Quintana, Rodrigo E.; Cravo, Túlio - 2019
This paper explores for the first time the impact of a demand-driven training program on labor turnover at both firm and worker level. Launched in 2014 by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade (MDIC in Portuguese), Pronatec-MDIC allows firms to demand courses which some of their...
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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major …, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of …
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Early skill gap effects on long-run outcomes and parental investments
Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastián - 2019
This paper examines the effects of skill advantages at age six on different types of parental investments, and long-run outcomes up to age 27. We exploit exogenous variation in skills due to school entry rules, combining 20 years of Chilean administrative records with a regression discontinuity...
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Is training more frequent when wage compression is higher? : evidence from 11 European countries
Brunello, Giorgio - 2002
In this empirical paper, I use the 1996 wave of the ECHP dataset to investigate the relationship between measures of wage compression and training incidence in 11 European countries. I find that, after controlling for individual factors and country specific institutional differences, there is...
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Training intensity and first labor market outcomes of apprenticeship graduates
Euwals, Rob (contributor); Winkelmann, Rainer (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
longer first-job durations but not higher wages than apprentices leaving the training firm. Retention rates, first job … durations, and post-apprenticeship wages are all increasing functions of training intensity. Some implications for the ongoing … debate as to why firms are willing to invest in general training are discussed. -- Training ; wages ; job-duration …
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From the cradle to the grave : the effect of family background on the career path of Italian men
Raitano, Michele; Vona, Francesco - 2015
that an additional year of parental education increases sons' weekly wages by 11.7% after twenty years of experience and …
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Social skills and the individual wage growth of less educated workers
Aghion, Philippe; Bergeaud, Antonin; Blundell, Richard W.; … - 2024
Matched employee-employer data from the UK are used to investigate the importance of social skills, in particular team-work and communication with co-workers, as a driver of wage growth for workers with lower formal education. We find that in social skills tasks, workers enjoy greater wage...
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Medium and long run economic assimilation of Venezuelan migrants to Peru
Torres, Javier; Beverinotti, Javier; … - 2024
In a span of six years, the proportion of Venezuelans in Perú has surged nearly fourfold, rising from virtually zero to over 4% of the population. This study delves into the dynamics of medium- and long-term labor market integration in Perú, combining data from the Venezuelan Population...
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