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Are Student Exchange Programs Worth It?
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The number of university students participating in exchange programs has risen sharply over the last decade, but a survey of Swiss university graduates (class of 1999 and 2001) shows that participation in student exchange programs significantly prolongs the period of time spent studying at...
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Why Some Firms Train Apprentices and Many Others Do Not
Wolter, Stefan C.; Muehlemann, Samuel; Schweri, Juerg - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The latest study investigating the cost-benefit ratio of apprenticeship training for Swiss companies has shown that most apprentices offset the cost of their training during their apprenticeship on the basis of the productive contribution of the work they perform. Given this outcome, it is worth...
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Monopsony power, pay structure and training
Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Ryan, Paul - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011
Although interest in monopsonistic influences on labour market outcomes has revived in recent years, only a few empirical studies provide direct evidence on it. This paper analyses empirically the effect of monopsony power on pay structure, using a direct measure of labour market ÔthinnessÕ....
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Labor Market Effects of Adult Education Vouchers: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013
unrestricted voucher programs in promoting labor market outcomes through adult education. …
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Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training
Muehlemann, Samuel; Schenker, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2012
This paper analyzes how the costs of hiring skilled workers from the external labor market affect a firm's supply of …
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Quereinsteiger in den Lehrberuf am Beispiel der schweizerischen Berufsbildung
Wolter, Stefan C.; Hof, Stefanie; Strupler, Mirjam - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011
Eine interessante Eigenschaft des schweizerischen Berufsbildungssystems ist es, dass es erst nach einer Karriere im erlernten Beruf möglich ist, Lehrperson für berufskundliche Fächer an einer Berufsfachschule zu werden. Es handelt sich also bei allen Berufsfachlehrpersonen um...
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Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm’s provision of human capital
Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Braendli, Romy - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013
The paper aims to test whether a firm’s provision of training depends on the intake quality of trainees. While a firm may just treat each trainee equally, independent of his or her intake quality, firms may alternatively also provide more training to less able individuals or focus on the most...
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Beurteilung von Hochschulen anhand der Arbeitsmarktfähigkeit ihrer Absolventen und Absolventinnen: Eine Analyse der Schweizer Universitäten
Wolter, Stefan C.; Diem, Andrea - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011
In diesem Aufsatz wird ein methodisches Vorgehen vorgestellt, welches als Grundlage dafür dienen könnte, Universitäten in Bezug auf die Arbeitsmarkttauglichkeit ihrer Absolventen und Absolventinnen zu beurteilen. Hierzu werden verschiedene Indikatoren präsentiert und kritisch reflektiert....
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Overeducation among Swiss university graduates: determinants and consequences
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 47 (2014) 4, pp. 313-328
-demographic, labor market and institutional characteristics. The results indicate that the likelihood of a job-education mismatch is …
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Firm-sponsored training and poaching externalities in regional labor markets
Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 41 (2011) 6, pp. 560-570
A firm's decision to invest in the general human capital of its workers can be affected by labor market conditions … regional labor markets based on travel time rather than travel distance or political borders. Our results show that firms … provide less training in dense regional labor markets, indicating that (potential) labor poaching affects the training …
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