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Returns to foreign language skills in a developing country : the case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio (contributor); Tansel, Aysıt (contributor) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228027
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Returns to foreign language skills in a developing country : the case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2013 - This version: November 3, 2013
from the Adult Education Survey of 2007, this is the first study estimating returns to foreign language skills in Turkey … characterized by fast economic and social development. Although English is the most widely spoken foreign language in Turkey, we …. Focusing on English, we also explore the heterogeneity in returns to different levels of proficiency by frequency of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199039
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Returns to foreign language skills in a developing country : the case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2013 - This version: November 3, 2013
from the Adult Education Survey of 2007, this is the first study estimating returns to foreign language skills in Turkey … characterized by fast economic and social development. Although English is the most widely spoken foreign language in Turkey, we …. Focusing on English, we also explore the heterogeneity in returns to different levels of proficiency by frequency of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010200435
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Returns to foreign language skills in a developing country : the case of Turkey
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2013
from the Adult Education Survey of 2007, this is the first study estimating returns to foreign language skills in Turkey … characterized by fast economic and social development. Although English is the most widely spoken foreign language in Turkey, we …. Focusing on English, we also explore the heterogeneity in returns to different levels of proficiency by frequency of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010208479
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Should I stay or should I go? : career choices for young workers in Latin America
Martínez Heredia, Diana; Rucci, Graciana; Saltiel, Fernando - 2018
Labor market institutions shape the return to workers’ skills. They define the incentives of firms and workers to invest in general and specific skills, affecting the returns to experience and tenure. This paper presents an empirical assessment of this hypothesis. We take advantage of rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783922
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Does vocational education pay off in China? : evidence from city-level education supply shocks
Dai, Li; Martins, Pedro S. - 2024
China hosts the world's largest secondary education sector: more than 14 million adolescents enrol in secondary academic or vocational schools every year. Despite the large literature on returns to education, little evidence exists as to how these two streams compare in the country. Using 2013...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014525268
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Sorting, Selection, and Transformation of the Return to College Education in China
Fleisher, Belton M.; Li, Haizheng; Li, Shi; Wang, Xiaojun - 2004
We estimate selection and sorting effects on the evolution of the private return to schooling for college graduates during China?s between 1988 and 2002. We pay special attention to the changing role of sorting by ability versus budget-constraint effects as China?s education policy has changed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262177
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Labor outcomes during the transition from adolescence to adulthood : the role of personality, cognition, and shocks in Madagascar
Sahn, David E.; Villa, Kira M. - 2016
There is growing evidence that noncognitive skills affect economic, behavioral, and demographic outcomes in the developed world. However, little such evidence exists from developing countries. This paper estimates the joint effect of five specific personality traits and cognition on a sequence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580922
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Returns to Skills and Personnel Management: U.S. DoD Scientists and Engineers
Gibbs, Michael - 2005
Personnel records are used to examine compensation, recruitment, and retention of a group of very highly skilled workers: civilian scientists and engineers in U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. In contrast to the private sector, returns to skills were largely flat for this group from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262646
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Beyond qualifications : returns to cognitive and socio-emotional skills in Colombia
Acosta, Pablo; Muller, Noël; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2015
This paper examines the relationship between individuals' skills and labor market outcomes for the working-age population of Colombia's urban areas. Using a 2012 unique household survey, the paper finds that cognitive skills (aptitudes to perform mental tasks such as comprehension or reasoning)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347191