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The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed...
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The objective of this paper is to construct and quantitatively assess an equilibrium search model with on-the-job search and general human capital accumulation. In the model workers enter the labour market with different abilities and firms differ in their productivities. Wages are dispersed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290001
through the school budget channel. In particular, the qualification of teachers is identified as most influential determinant …
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The question we address in this paper is which factors influence the quitting decision of public sector teachers in … teachers, fit single and competingrisks duration models and examine the influence of relative pay on retention. Surprisingly …, we find that teachers who move to outside employment earn 22% less pay, work longer hours, in largely nonprofessional …
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We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...
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We formulate an efficiency wage model with on-the-job search where wages depend on turnover and employers may use …
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and agency work contracts increases the turnover on the labour market and contributes to an increase in dualisation, but …
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This paper investigates differences in worker turnover characteristics between periods of workforce expansion and … in turnover behavior. A generally important result is that smooth functional forms of the age effect on worker mobility …
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We develop a product market theory that explains why firms invest in general training of their workers. We consider a model where firms first decide whether to invest in general human capital, then make wage offers for each others? trained employees and finally engage in imperfect product market...
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