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classical universities are associated with higher earnings and more prestigious jobs than initial vocational training degrees …, and with higher prestige (but similar earnings) than further vocational degrees. However, bachelor’s degrees from … universities are also related to higher risks of unemployment or fixed-term employment. Universities of applied sciences, which …
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Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education. The study was completed in September 2019 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical...
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We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than existing skill proxies. We exploit that skill requirements of apprenticeships in Germany are codified in state-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These...
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We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than existing skill proxies. We exploit that skill requirements of apprenticeships in Germany are codified in state-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227796
We apply the unordered monotonicity setting of Heckman and Pinto (2018) to estimate the distribution of response types and the counterfactual outcomes associated with the choice of a STEM or non-STEM college. Instrumental variation is induced by the proximity to universities offering STEM and/or...
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The paper studies the returns from enterprise-related continuous vocational training on individual earnings … of the panel structure. The results suggest that there are no effects with respect to employment and unemployment … probabilities, but that there are large and positive earnings effects …
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universities in the region, affects earnings one and ten years after graduation, controlling for the individual's SAT score. One …
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time-invariant differences across individuals. Attendance in vocational master’s programs leads to higher earnings of eight … percent five years after entry even if selection on unobservables is twice as strong as selection on observables. Earnings …
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time-invariant differences across individuals. Attendance in vocational master's programs leads to higher earnings of eight … percent five years after entry even if selection on unobservables is twice as strong as selection on observables. Earnings …
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for selection bias and sorting on gains. We find that training participation increases yearly earnings and reduces the …
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