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Getting ahead : the determinants of and payoffs to internal promotion for young U.S. men and women
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2001
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … into differences in subsequent wage growth? To what extent does the promotions gap contribute to the gender wage gap? In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401197
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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591440
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Risk preferences and training investments
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Obst, Cosima; … - 2020
We analyze workers' risk preferences and training investments. Our conceptual framework differentiates between the investment risk and insurance mechanisms underpinning training decisions. Investment risk leads risk-averse workers to train less; they undertake more training if it insures them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317061
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Managers' risk preferences and firm training investments
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2022
We provide the first estimates of the impact of managers' risk preferences on their training allocation decisions. Our conceptual framework links managers' risk preferences to firms' training decisions through the bonuses they expect to receive. Risk-averse managers are expected to select...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012820689
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Risk preferences and training investments
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Obst, Cosima; … - 2020
We analyze workers' risk preferences and training investments. Our conceptual framework differentiates between the investment risk and insurance mechanisms underpinning training decisions. Investment risk leads risk-averse workers to train less; they undertake more training if it insures them...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306154
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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 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594543
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Managers' Risk Preferences and Firm Training Investments
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Pfeifer, Harald; … - 2022
We provide the first estimates of the impact of managers' risk preferences on their training allocation decisions. Our conceptual framework links managers' risk preferences to firms' training decisions through the bonuses they expect to receive. Risk-averse managers are expected to select...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013405955
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Are young people's educational outcomes linked to their sense of control?
Barón, Juan D.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010
education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272037
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Are Young People's Educational Outcomes Linked to their Sense of Control?
Barón, Juan D.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568282
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Do psychosocial traits help explain gender segregation in young people's occupations?
Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - In: Labour Economics 21 (2013) C, pp. 59-73
This paper investigates the role of psychosocial traits in the occupational segregation of young workers entering the U.S. labor market. We find entry into male-dominated fields of study and male-dominated occupations are both related to the extent to which individuals have “masculine”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051685