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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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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

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485348

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

Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; 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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Work organization and high-paying jobs

Nelson, Dylan; Wilmers, Nathan; Zhang, Letian - 2024

High-paying factory jobs in the 1940s were an engine of egalitarian economic growth for a generation. Are there alternate forms of work organization that deliver similar benefits for frontline workers? Work organization varies by type of complexity and degree of employer control. Technical and...

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The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes

Feld, Jan; Zölitz, Ulf - 2021

This paper investigates how exposure to higher-achieving male and female peers in university affects students’ major choices and labor market outcomes. For identification of causal effects, we exploit the random assignment of students to university sections in first-year compulsory courses. We...

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