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Dynamics of overqualification : evidence from the early career of graduates
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2017
This study analyses the persistence and true state dependence of overqualification, i.e. a mismatch between workers … overqualification is highly persistent among tertiary graduates over the first ten years of their career cycle. Accounting for … persistence of overqualification. In particular, selection into initial overqualification at the start of the career is of high …
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Youth unemployment after apprenticeship training and individual, occupation and training employer characteristics
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Zwick, Thomas - 2014
This paper analyses the risk of unemployment, unemployment duration and the risk of longterm unemployment immediately after apprenticeship graduation. Unemployed apprenticeship graduates constitute a large share of unemployed youth in Germany but unemployment incidence within this group is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010394634
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The impact of non-profit temping agencies on individual labour market success in the West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Lechner, Michael; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Spengler, Hannes; … - 2000
The paper presents an econometric evaluation of the effects of subsidised non-profit temporary employment agencies - a programme of the West German active labour market policy - on individual labour market outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on individual data from files for...
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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2014
persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that … a high socioeconomic status are found to be less likely to be overqualified. The unconditional social overqualification … overqualification gap can be attributed to group differences in observable characteristics. Differences in cognitive skills, study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468427
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University rankings in action? : The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009374442
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The importance of cognitive and social skills for the duration of unemployment
Niepel, Verena - 2010
This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in adolescence and early adulthood. I estimate a flexible proportional hazard rate model for the probability of making a transition from unemployment to employment during an individual’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796154
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills : evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - 2011
We identify effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of child temperament. Our analysis is based on psychometric measures from a longitudinal cohort study of children in the Rhine-Neckar region in central Germany. In children with a higher ASE due to a birthday late in the year,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901830
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Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence on educational and health outcomes
Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2011
In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children’s educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901876
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Variation of learning intensity in late adolescence and the impact on noncognitive skills
Büttner, Bettina; Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
Despite the interdependence between cognitive and noncognitive skills, empirical studies have shown a longer period of acquisition in life-time for the latter besides relevance for educational and labor market success. Analyzing returns of investments during different periods of life is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901881
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Up or out: research incentives and career prospects of postdocs in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Schulze, Ute - 2012
Academic careers in Germany have been under debate for a while. We conduct a survey among postdocs in Germany, to analyze the perceptions and attitudes of postdocs regarding their research incentives, their working conditions, and their career prospects. We conceptualize the career prospects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510058