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Mohrenweiser, Jens; Wydra-Sommaggio, Gaby; Zwick, Thomas - 2015 - This version August 2015

This paper addresses the puzzle how employers that invest in general human capital can gain an information advantage with respect to the ability of their employees when training is certified by credible external institutions. We apply an established model from the employer-learning literature...

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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs

Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000

The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply explanation to the discussion how these distinct labour...

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The impact of training on earnings : differences between participant groups and training forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

While there is a broad literature on the general wage effect of training, little is known about the effects of different training forms and about the effects for heterogeneous training participants. This study therefore adds two aspects to the literature on earnings effects of training. First,...

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Good occupation - bad occupation? : the quality of apprenticeship training

Göggel, Kathrin; Zwick, Thomas - 2009

Small average wage effects of employer and/or occupation changes mask large differences between occupation groups and apprentices with different schooling back-grounds. Apprentices in commerce and trading occupations strongly profit from an employer change. Employer and occupation changers in...

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Wage Divergence and Unemployment : The Impact of Insider Power and Training Costs

Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

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Good Occupation - Bad Occupation? The Quality of Apprenticeship Training

Göggel, Kathrin; Zwick, Thomas - 2009

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Precocious inventors : early patenting success and lifetime inventive performance

Michlbauer, Theresa; Zwick, Thomas - 2021

This paper shows that inventors with an early patenting success have a higher inventive productivity during their … received for the first patent. The higher career productivity seems to be a consequence of higher individual ability rather … than cumulative advantage. Inventors with high productivity early in their career cannot increase their productivity …

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The Impact of Training on Earnings: Differences Between Participant Groups and Training Forms

Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2003

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Workers into Managers: Developing Leadership Competence of Production Unit Managers

Rappe, Christoph; Zwick, Thomas - 2005

This study analyses the competence gaps of lower-level managers in a typical manufacturing plant in Germany that had recently introduced a teamwork structure. Results indicate that the managers have difficulties with their new leadership-related tasks. Higher levels of leadership competence are...

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Aggregate Unemployment Decreases Individual Returns to Education

Ammermüller, Andreas; Kuckulenz, Anja; Zwick, Thomas - 2006

On the basis of a theoretical model, we argue that higher aggregate unemployment affects individual returns to education. We therefore include aggregate unemployment and an interaction term between unemployment and the individual education level in a standard Mincer equation. Our results show...

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