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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation

Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022

primarily promotes the innovation activities of very small firms by stimulating knowledge diffusion in regional innovation …' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models show that the impact of … VET activity on innovation is indeed ambiguous. Overall, as expected, participation in initial VET has virtually no effect …

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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data

Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2021

' participation in initial VET on their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and instrumental variable … regressions with entropy balancing show that the impact of VET activity on innovation is more ambiguous than postulated. Overall …, the participation in initial VET has virtually no effect on product innovation and radical novelties. For the total …

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A hidden source of innovation? : revisiting the impact of initial vocational training on technological innovation

Matthies, Eike; Thomä, Jörg; Bizer, Kilian - 2022 - Updated version

' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …

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Personality and regional innovativeness : an empirical analysis of German patent data

Reher, Leonie; Runst, Petrik; Thomä, Jörg - 2022

-sensitive policies that take into account different modes of innovation. …

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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data

Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2022 - Updated version

a positive impact on firm-level innovation, empirical evidence on the subject remains scarce. This study exploits … initial VET and their innovation outcomes. The results based on linear probability models and entropy balancing show that the … relationship between VET activity and innovation are more ambiguous than often postulated. Overall, the participation in initial …

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Self-control : determinants, life outcomes and intergenerational implications

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2019

This paper studies self-control in a nationally representative sample. Using the well-established Tangney scale to measure trait self-control, we find that people’s age as well as the political and economic institutions they are exposed to have an economically meaningful impact on their level...

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Self-Control : determinants, life outcomes and intergenerational implications

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2019

This paper studies self-control in a nationally representative sample. Using the well-established Tangney scale to measure trait self-control, we ﬁnd that people’s age as well as the political and economic institutions they are exposed to have an economically meaningful impact on their level...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012050614

Self-control : determinants, life outcomes and intergenerational implications

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2019

This paper studies self-control in a nationally representative sample. Using the wellestablished Tangney scale to measure trait self-control, we find that people's age as well as the political and economic institutions they are exposed to have an economically meaningful impact on their level of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012030415

Locus of control and investment in training

Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Seitz, Helke; … - 2016

This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...

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Are young people’s educational outcomes linked to their sense of control?

Barón, Juan David; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010

This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...

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