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Human Capital Mismatches along the Career Path
Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Neffke, Frank - 2010
redundancies. This results in superior predictions of individual wages and occupational switches. It also allows identifying career …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281656
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Family Background Variables as Instruments for Education in Income Regressions: A Bayesian Analysis
Hoogerheide, Lennart; Block, Joern H.; Thurik, Roy - 2010
The validity of family background variables instrumenting education in income regressions has been much criticized. In this paper, we use data of the 2004 German Socio-Economic Panel and Bayesian analysis in order to analyze to what degree violations of the strong validity assumption affect the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326044
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The acceptance of earnings losses after voluntary mobility
Schneck, Stefan - 2010
data reveals that workers are more likely to accept lower wages when daily commuting expenses can be reduced. In other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300753
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The acceptance of earnings losses after voluntary mobility
Schneck, Stefan - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 5 (2011) 2011-2, pp. 1-47
German household data reveals that voluntarily mobile workers are more likely to accept lower wages when strain can be …
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How fast do newly founded firms mature? Empirical analyses on job quality in start-ups
Brixy, Udo; Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2004
labour turnover rates, ceteris paribus. Moreover, bargaining coverage rates and wages in new firms are lower than in similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297202
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How do firms adjust their wage bill in Belgium? A decomposition along the intensive and extensive margins
Fuss, Catherine - 2008
. Wage growth of job stayers is moderated but still positive; and wages of entrants compared with those of incumbents are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604900
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Testing the Validity of Item Non-Response as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills
Kassenböhmer, Sonja C.; Schurer, Stefanie; Leung, Felix - 2015
paradata. Fraction answered captures a third of the effect of cognitive ability on wages and education. We provide a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513150
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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Disruptions to Education, and the Returns to Schooling in Urban China
Giles, John T.; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - 2015
-ability students select into higher education. Additional tests show that the results are unlikely to be driven by sample selection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513221
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Young FSU Migrants in Germany: Educational Attainment and Early Labor Market Outcomes
Flake, Regina - 2013
This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319365
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How do firms adjust their wage bill in Belgium? A decomposition along the intensive and extensive margins
Fuss, Catherine - 2008
. Wage growth of job stayers is moderated but still positive; and wages of entrants compared with those of incumbents are no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506648