education. While men with low skills out-earn their higher-skilled counterparts when they are very young, their earnings are … educational and labour market outcomes of young people. Students with lower skills have lower rates of participation in further … overtaken by those with higher skills when they are in their early twenties and earn around 15 % less by the age of 25. The …

regarding human capital investment are no longer exclusively about the quantity of education, but rather the type of education … to obtain. The skills and knowledge acquired in specific fields of study are more valuable for some jobs compared to … this premise in mind, this paper aims to estimate the effect of the quality of this education-occupation job match on …

We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …

We develop novel measures of early-career skills that are more detailed, comprehensive, and labor-market-relevant than …-approved, nationally standardized apprenticeship plans. These plans provide more than 13,000 different skills and the exact duration of … skills acquired during apprenticeship are highly - yet differently - rewarded. We also document rising returns to digital and …

technologyadopting occupations for workers with low-educated parents, and reduced their wage penalty within these occupations. We also …

fact that the family stock of ICT skills is much larger in households with ICT-skilled women. Contrary to conventional …Using a nationally representative large-scale survey of individual ICT skills in India (Multiple Indicators Survey …, 2020), we provide evidence on the effects of ICT skills on labor market outcomes and household welfare as measured by per …

who can signal their high level of specific skills earn seven to ten percent more than identical students lacking such a … signal. The signal allows workers to find jobs in more productive firms and sectors that better use their skills. The …

Large imbalances between the supply and demand for skills in transition economies are driven by rapid economic … restructuring, misalignment of the education system with labor market needs, and underdeveloped adult education and training systems …