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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving … which handicapped the use of actual market wage dispersion as risk measure in earlier studies. Students in our sample … risk as expected by students we find compensation at similar elasticities as observed in market data. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825129
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283119
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Do wage expectations predict college enrollment? : evidence from healthcare
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 141 (2017), pp. 135-150
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924850
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Do wage expectations influence the decision to enroll in nursing college? : conference paper
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop - 2014 - Preliminary draft (v5feb2014)
Given a severe nurse shortage in Switzerland, this paper investigates Swiss students choice for nursing college … suggests a role for policies that increase returns from studying nursing to attract students to nursing. In addition, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488507
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Do Wage Expectations Influence the Decision to Enroll in Nursing College?
Schweri, Juerg - 2015
As Switzerland experiences a severe shortage of nurses, this paper investigates the impact of students' ex ante wage …. This suggests that policies that increase returns from studying nursing can attract students to nursing. In addition, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016374
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess the variance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this fresh perspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options, choosing parameters on basis of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450523
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How risky is investment in human capital?
Hartog, Joop; Ophem, Hans van; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2004
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess thevariance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this freshperspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options. choosingparameters on basis of the very...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335192
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How Risky is Investment in Human Capital?
Hartog, Joop; van Ophem, Hans; Bajdechi, Simona Maria - 2021
The risk of investment in schooling has largely been ignored. We assess the variance in the rate of return by surveying the international empirical literature from this fresh perspective and by simulating risky earnings profiles in alternative options, choosing parameters on the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319172
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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Juerg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving … which handicapped the use of actual market wage dispersion as risk measure in earlier studies. Students in our sample … risk as expected by students we find compensation at similar elasticities as observed in market data. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276690
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Do Students Expect Compensation for Wage Risk?
Schweri, Juerg - 2009
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving … which handicapped the use of actual market wage dispersion as risk measure in earlier studies. Students in our sample … risk as expected by students we find compensation at similar elasticities as observed in market data. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764231