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Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?
Pietro, Giorgio Di - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 223-243
Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the extent to which participation in … graduation. This effect is mainly driven by the impact that study abroad programs have on the employment prospects of graduates … graduates from advantaged backgrounds. © 2015 Association for Education Finance and Policy …
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Returns to migration : the role of educational attainment in rural Tanzania
Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012
Given the migration premium previously identified in an impact evaluation approach, this paper asks the question of why migration is not more prominent, given such high premium associated with it. Using long-term household panel data drawn from rural Tanzania, Kagera for the period 1991-2004,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009650721
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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand
Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276931
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Foreign and Native-Born STEM Graduates and Innovation Intensity in the United States
Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper examines the effects of foreign- and native-born STEM graduates and non-STEM graduates on patent intensity … in U.S. metropolitan areas. I find that both native and foreign-born STEM graduates significantly increase metropolitan … area patent intensity, but college graduates in non-STEM fields have a smaller and statistically insignificant effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959806
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China's March to Prosperity: Reforms to Avoid the Middle-income Trap
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Hill, Sam - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277005
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Is Graduate Under-employment Persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom
Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2011
This paper examines the persistence of under-employment amongst UK higher education graduates. For the cohort of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009368599
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Is Graduate Under-employment Persistent? Evidence from the United Kingdom
Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper examines the persistence of under-employment amongst UK higher education graduates. For the cohort of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369115
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Atypische Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnisse – Einleitung zum Schwerpunktheft (Atypical employment - Introduction)
Keller, Berndt; Nienhueser, Werner - In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, … 21 (2014) 1, pp. 5-14
Zu den atypischen Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnissen zaehlen wir im Folgenden (im Sinne einer Nominaldefinition) Teilzeit, geringfuegige Beschaeftigung/Mini- und Midijobs, befristete Beschaeftigung, Leiharbeit, Werkvertraege sowie Solo-Selbststaendigkeit. Die dieses Schwerpunktheftes spiegeln sowohl...
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From Engineer to Taxi Driver? Language Proficiency and the Occupational Skills of Immigrants
Imai, Susumu; Stacey, Derek; Warman, Casey - Economics Discipline Group, Business School - 2014
We examine the ability of male immigrants to transfer the occupational human capital they acquired prior to immigration using information from the O*NET and a unique dataset that includes both the last source country occupation and the first four years of occupations in Canada. We first augment...
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Eastern Partnership Migrants in Germany: Outcomes, Potentials and Challenges
Biavaschi, Costanza; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Despite the ongoing dialogue on facilitating mobility between the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries, very little is known about the magnitude and characteristics of migration from these countries. We find that EaP migrants experience worse labor market outcomes than...
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