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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - 2014
Studies on the underlying mechanisms of social mobility commonly find that half of the intergenerational earnings persistence remains unexplained. Focusing on the phenomenon of overqualification, this study examines a transmission channel that might operate beyond the mechanisms previously...
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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' qualifications and their jobs’ educational requirements. Employing individual-level panel data for Germany, I find that overqualification is highly persistent among tertiary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636067
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How relevant is job mismatch for German graduates?
Berlingieri, Francesco; Erdsiek, Daniel - 2012
to exhibit lower complexity and creativity requirements but to be more monotone than matching jobs. Furthermore, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009663221
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Gregariousness, interactive jobs and wages
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - 2011
Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901534
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Arbeitszufriedenheit und Fluktuation im Post Merger Integrationsprozess
Grimpe, Christoph (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003224328
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Evaluation of public R&D policies : a cross-country comparison
Czarnitzki, Dirk; Lopes Bento, Cindy - 2010
heterogeneity of the use of policy instruments. Applying a nonparametric matching method to identify the treatment effect, we find …, our estimation also takes into account the “treatment effects on the untreated”. This estimation enables us to assess … policies. Finally, these two matching results can be combined in order to test for misallocation of public funds. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665042
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Is Portugal really so arteriosclerotic? : results from a cross-country analysis of labor adjustment
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 1999
Reputation indexes of employment protection have proven popular constructs in studies of the covariation of labor market institutions and macroeconomic outcomes. Portugal occupies an unenviable rank order in such measures of the stringency of employment protection. We critique this reputation in...
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Exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices : a European perspective
Hüfner, Felix P. (contributor);  … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001701674
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Identifying labour market dynamics using labour force survey data
Artola, Concha; Bell, Una Louise - 2001
This paper evaluates the appropriateness of the standard methodologies and the quality of the data frequently used to analyse labour market dynamics in Europe. Our results indicate that, due to recall error and heterogeneous survey design, the retrospective approach tends to result in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011446693
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Private job placement services : a microeconometric evaluation for Germany
Winterhager, Henrik (contributor) - 2006
contracted out so far in Germany. In this paper a microeconometric evaluation of this system using propensity score matching is …
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