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The Effect of Choice Options in Training Curricula on the Supply of and Demand for Apprenticeships

Jansen, Anika - 2016

curriculum on supply of and demand for apprenticeship training. Modernizations of training curricula provide us with a quasi … when they have more choice options in the training curriculum because of (1) the higher productivity of graduates who have … graduates. We test this hypothesis on data on the supply of apprenticeship places in Germany in all occupations from 2004 to …

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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the demand for and supply of apprentices

Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - In: Economics of education review 57 (2017), pp. 52-65

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Understanding peer effects : on the nature, estimation and channels of peer effects

Feld, Jan; Zölitz, Ulf - 2015

This paper estimates peer effects in a university context where students are randomly assigned to sections. While students benefit from better peers on average, low-achieving students are harmed by high-achieving peers. Analyzing students' course evaluations suggests that peer effects are driven...

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Understanding Peer Effects : On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects

Feld, Jan - 2015

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Are Firm Innovativeness and Firm Age Relevant for the Supply of Vocational Training? - A Study Based on Swiss Micro Data

Arvanitis, Spyros - 2008

In this study we investigated the determinants (a) of the propensity of Swiss firms to train apprentices and (b) of the intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition conditions on the product market are possible...

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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the supply of and demand for apprenticeships

Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - 2016

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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the supply of and demand for apprenticeships

Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - 2016

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Innovation, productivity, and training

Dostie, Benoît - 2014

The firm's stock of human capital is an important determinant of its ability to innovate. As such, any increase in this stock through firm-sponsored training might lead to more innovation. We test this hypothesis using detailed data on firms' human capital investments and innovation performance,...

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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of nutritional advantage - and schooling outcomes to make...

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The role of labour market expectations and admission probabilities in students' application decisions on higher education : the case of Hungary

Varga, Júlia - 2003

This paper analyses the effects of labour market expectations and admission probabilities on students' application strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their choices, a function of expected net lifetime earnings...

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