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Skill formation, career planning, and transitions : the last two years in a German lower track secondary school
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2014
In Germany, the entry into the labor market for students in the nonacademic tracks of secondary schools may take multiple pathways. Students graduating from lower track secondary schools (LTSS) face major problems in school-towork transitions, prompting the provision of intensive career guidance...
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Additional career assistance and educational outcomes for students in lower track secondary schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2017
Based on local policy variation, this paper estimates the causal effect of additional career assistance on educational outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685140
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Additional career assistance and educational outcomes for students in lower track secondary schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Licklederer, Stefanie - 2017
Based on local policy variation, this paper estimates the causal effect of additional career assistance on educational outcomes for students in Lower Track Secondary Schools in Germany. We find mostly insignificant effects of the treatment on average outcomes, which mask quite heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778191
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Flying the nest : how the home department shapes researchers’ career paths
Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia - 2015
This paper studies the importance of the socialization environment – nest – for the career destinations of early career researchers. In a sample of research groups in the fields of science and engineering at universities in Germany, we identify research orientation, output, funding as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011300638
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Risk attitudes, job mobility and subsequent wage growth during the early career
Argaw, Bethlehem A.; Maier, Michael F.; Skriabikova, Olga J. - 2017
Job change is a decision under uncertainty: It is associated with costs whereas the decision is made without full …. Second, we empirically test the model's implications showing that individuals who are more risk-averse choose to change their … change and have obtained higher overall wage growth at the end of the early career phase. …
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Earnings losses after non-employment increase with age
Zwick, Thomas (contributor) - 2008
This paper shows that earnings losses after unemployment increase with age. First, older employees start out with relatively high earnings in comparison to employees without employment interruptions several years before the non-employment spell. This earnings advantage turns into a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728393
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Crime and the labour market: evidence from a survey of inmates
Entorf, Horst (contributor) - 2009
In this paper data from a survey of 1,771 inmates conducted in 31 German prisons provide microeconometric evidence on the relationship between individual anticipated labour market opportunities and the perceived probability of future recidivism. Results show that inmates with poor labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805645
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Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II
Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2009
Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003888025
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On the definition of unemployment and its implementation in register data : the case of Germany
Kruppe, Thomas; Brüning, Eva M.; Wichert, Laura; … - 2007
Unemployment information in individual level register data depends on institutional settings, administrative procedures and which registers are merged. In this paper we suggest different implementation strategies for common international and German legal unemployment definitions for the Sample...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003502625
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Should low-wage workers care about where they work? : assessing the impact of employer characteristics on low-wage mobility
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Heinze, Anja - 2010
This paper studies the importance of employer-specific determinants in escaping low earnings in Germany. To address the initial conditions problem and the endogeneity of employer retention, we model (intra-firm) low-pay transitions using a multivariate Probit model that accounts for selection...
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