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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 … workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with an internal locus of control are predicted to engage in more general … training than are their external co-workers because their subjective expected investment returns are higher. In contrast, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591440
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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 … workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with an internal locus of control are predicted to engage in more general … training than are their external co-workers because their subjective expected investment returns are higher. In contrast, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594543
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Locus of control and the labor market
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-19
This paper reviews the role of locus of control in the labor market. I begin with a discussion of the conceptual origins of locus of control, including its relationship to related concepts such as self-efficacy, motivation, and self-control. The relationship between locus of control and labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483431
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Human capital and earnings of female immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2002
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian female immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education (relative to native-born women), and income (relative to native-born women) than do U.S. female immigrants. A prominent explanation for this skill deficit of U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413352
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Human Capital and Earnings of Female Immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2002
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian female immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education (relative to native-born women), and income (relative to native-born women) than do U.S. female immigrants. A prominent explanation for this skill deficit of U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262676
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Immigration policy and the skills of immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2000
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. immigrants. This skill deficit for U.S. immigrants arises primarily because the United States receives a much larger share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011561682
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Immigration policy and the skills of immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. immigrants. This skill deficit for U.S. immigrants arises primarily because the United States receives a much larger share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403808
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Selection policy and the labour market outcomes of new immigrants
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Many countries are placing a greater emphasis on productive skills in the immigrant selection policies as a way of achieving national objectives regarding immigration. These changes stem primarily from the belief that skill-based immigrants do better in some sense and provide greater economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002482153
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Immigration policy and the skills of immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - 2001
Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. immigrants. This skill deficit for U.S. immigrants arises primarily because the United States receives a much larger share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001635478
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Immigration policy and the skills of immigrants to Australia, Canada, and the United States
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Trejo, Stephen J. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 38 (2003) 1, pp. 192-218
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001739809