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We analyze a labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for work-ers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. The program covers a substantial share of training costs. Nonetheless, take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures...
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of the program, on take-up of WeGebAU and other training,and on subsequent employment. The bRochure more than doubles …
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. Workers in origin jobs with high levels of social tasks have smaller employment and earnings losses, whereas workers in …
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The long-term earnings losses of displaced workers are substantial. We investigate the role of post-displacement occupational matching in explaining the cost of job displacement. We combine German administrative data on the work history of displaced workers with information on the task content...
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rates of qualification and skills mismatches would boost both wages and productivity. With the possibility of more workers … past and acquire skills that are more highly valued in the labour market. To maintain valuable skills, workers of all ages … the most out of skills will also depend on allocating skills to their most productive uses. Reducing New Zealand’s high …
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-layoff skills and experience. Workers with limited education experienced particularly large earnings reductions from permanent job …
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What members do unions protect? This question is relevant to an ongoing debate about union wage distribution. This paper investigates how unionization affects the relationship between involuntary job loss and a worker's unobservable ability. Taking advantage of detailed micro-level panel data...
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Using French administrative data we estimate the wage gap distribution between in-house and temporary agency workers working in the same establishment and the same occupation. The average wage gap is about 3% in favor of in-house workers, but the gap is negative in more than 25% of establishment...
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