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Employment protection, workforce mix and firm performance
Ardito, Chiara; Berton, Fabio; Pacelli, Lia; Passerini, … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012887701
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Training and search on the job
Lentz, Rasmus; Roys, Nicolas - 2016
The paper studies human capital accumulation over workers' careers in an on the job search setting with heterogenous firms. In renegotiation proof employment con- tracts, more productive firms provide more training. Both general and specific training induce higher wages within jobs, and with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585846
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Training, soft skills and productivity : evidence from a field experiment in retail
Prada, María F.; Rucci, Graciana; Urzua, Sergio - 2019
Understanding the causal association between skills and productivity is essential for designing effective training …-level productivity. We further link these Findings to individual-level performance measures. In particular, we document positive effects … increasing productivity through training programs targeting critical skills. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028636
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Intercontinental evidence on socioeconomic status and early childhood cognitive skills : is Latin America different?
López Bóo, Florencia - 2013
This paper documents disparities in cognitive development-as measured by a receptive vocabulary test-between children from households with high and low socioeconomic status (SES) in two different phases of childhood (before and after early school years) in four developing countries: Peru,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303243
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Inequality of fear and self-quarantine : is there a trade-off between GDP and public health?
Aum, Sangmin; Lee, Sang Yoon; Shin, Yongseok - 2020
. Occupations differ by wage, infection risk, and the productivity loss when working from home. By setting the model parameters to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243245
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Explaining intergenerational mobility : the role of fertility and family transfers
Daruich, Diego; Kozlowski, Julian - 2018
Poor families have more children and transfer less resources to them. This suggests that family decisions about fertility and transfers dampen intergenerational mobility. To evaluate the quantitative importance of this mechanism, we extend the standard heterogeneous agent life cycle model with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911515
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Occupational choice and the dynamics of human capital, inequality and growth
Dvorkin, Maximiliano A.; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2019
We construct a dynamic general equilibrium model with occupation mobility, human capital accumulation and endogenous assignment of workers to tasks to quantitatively assess the aggregate impact of automation and other task-biased technological innovations. We extend recent quantitative general...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998090
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Inequality in the early years in LAC : a comparative study of size, persistence, and policies
Attanasio, Orazio P.; López Bóo, Florencia; … - 2023
Gaps in child development by socioeconomic status (SES) start early in life, are large and can increase inequalities later in life. We use recent national-level, cross-sectional and longitudinal data to examine inequalities in child development (namely, language, cognition, and socio-emotional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540268
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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023
This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540560
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The distribution of doctor quality : evidence from cardiologists in England
Stoye, George - 2022
There is widespread and unexplained variation in the outcomes of similar patients across place and providers in all developed health systems. This paper provides new evidence on the role senior doctors play in determining patient outcomes. I exploit within-hospital quasi-random assignment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463545