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Is there a role for higher education institutions in improving the quality of first employment?
McGuinness, Séamus; Whelan, Adele; Bergin, Adele - 2016
This paper examines the potential role of higher education institutions in reducing labour market mismatch amongst new graduates. The research suggests that increasing the practical aspects of degree programmes, irrespective of the field of study, will reduce the incidence of initial mismatch....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521176
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Crowding out in the labour market : do employers lend a hand?
Verhaest, Dieter; Bogaert, Elene; Dereymaeker, Jeroen; … - 2016
We test the basic assumption underlying the job competition and crowding out hypothesis: that employers always prefer higher educated to lower educated individuals. To this end, we conduct a randomised field experiment in which duos of fictitious applications by bachelor and master graduates are...
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The labour market positioning of continuing education from universities : evidence from a factorial survey experiment in Switzerland
Rageth, Ladina; Renold, Ursula; Sritharan, Aranya - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013188306
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What makes an employer?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019
As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012122657
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What makes an employer?
Caliendo, Marco; Fossen, Frank M.; Kritikos, Alexander - 2019
As the policy debate on entrepreneurship increasingly centers on firm growth in terms of job creation, it is important to better understand which variables influence the first hiring decision and which ones influence the subsequent survival as an employer. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012133403
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Recruitment policies, job-filling rates and matching efficiency
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Gartner, Hermann; Kaas, Leo - 2020
Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey …-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search … directed search model in which firms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213824
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Recruitment policies, job-filling rates and matching efficiency
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Gartner, Hermann; Kaas, Leo - 2020
Recruitment behavior is important for the matching process in the labor market. Using unique linked survey …-administrative data, we explore the relationships between hiring and recruitment policies. Faster hiring goes along with higher search … directed search model in which firms use different recruitment margins in response to productivity shocks. The calibrated model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219357
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Employment, income distribution and a poverty redressal index
Lal, Deepak - 1972
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A theory of social forces and immigrant second language acquisition
DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000
The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces that contribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318595
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A theory of social forces and immigrant second language acquisition
DeVoretz, Don J.; Werner, Christiane - 2000
The preponderance of minimal second language acquisition by immigrants worldwide is striking. This paper proposes a theoretical model, which analyzes the underlying forces that contribute to this outcome of minimal secondary language acquisition by immigrants in such diverse immigrant-receiving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001473783