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Field of study, qualification mismatch, and wages: Does sorting matter?
Berlingieri, Francesco; Zierahn, Ulrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014
Graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) are usually found to have higher wages and a … differences in the risk of overqualification and wages when STEM graduates are compared to the Business & Law group, while it … overqualification and wages in a causal way, since individuals choosing these subjects might differ systematically in unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957739
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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822408
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Rates of Return to Schooling and the Quality of Education in England and Wales
Campbell, David - School of Economics, University of Kent - 2001
Raising the quality of education has been one of the main objectives of the current government in Britain. By devoting more resources to the education sector, it is expected that pupils will achieve higher educational attainment by the time their years of compulsory schooling ends. This study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005170034
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Overeducation among Immigrants in Sweden: Incidence, Wage Effects and State-Dependence
Andersson Joona, Pernilla; Datta Gupta, Nabanita; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The utilization and reward of the human capital of immigrants in the labor market of the host country has been studied extensively. In the Swedish context this question is of great policy relevance due to the high levels of refugee migration and inflow of tied movers. Using Swedish register data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010889997
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Local human capital externalities and wages at the firm level: Evidence from Italian manufacturing
Bratti, Massimiliano; Leombruni, Roberto - In: Economics of Education Review 41 (2014) C, pp. 161-175
of white-collar workers’ wages with respect to the local college share is around 0.1, while we find no evidence of a … positive effect of local human capital on blue-collar workers’ wages. …
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The Effect of Educational Mismatch on Wages Using European Panel Data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez-Amaral, Teodosio - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2013
This paper analyzes the effect of educational mismatch on wages, using a rich panel dataset of workers in the major …, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011010555
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - In: EconStor Open Access Articles (2010-06), pp. 535-546
' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. However, there is a robust wage penalty for an external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010954572
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. There however is a robust wage penalty for an external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005018738
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Parental Background and Earnings: German Evidence on Direct and Indirect Relationship
Cornelissen, Thomas; Jirjahn, Uwe; Tsertsvadze, Georgi - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 228 (2008) 5+6, pp. 554-572
Using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), the study analyzes the direct and indirect effects of parental background on employees’ earnings. To examine indirect effects we estimate the determinants of the employees’ years of schooling. In a second step, we run wage regressions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596434
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The Returns to Cognitive Abilities and Personality Traits in Germany
Heineck, Guido; Anger, Silke - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
' wages only. Findings for personality traits are more heterogeneous. There however is a robust wage penalty for an external …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004963791