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The intergenerational transmission of occupational preferences, segregation, and wage inequality : empirical evidence from three countries

Eberharter, Veronika V. - 2012

Based on longitudinal data (CNEF 1980-2010) the paper analyzes the structuring effects of individual and family background characteristics on occupational preferences, and the influence of occupational segregation on gender wage differentials in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States....

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The Promise of Workplace Training for Non-College-Bound Youth: Theory and Evidence from German Apprenticeship

Clark, Damon; Fahr, René - 2001

This paper assesses the potential of ?workplace training? with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide ?optimal? training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...

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The promise of workplace training for non-college-bound youth : theory and evidence from German apprenticeship

Clark, Damon; Fahr, René - 2001

This paper assesses the potential of "workplace training" with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide "optimal" training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403966

Matching skills of individuals and firms along the career path : conference paper

Bublitz, Elisabeth - 2013 - Draft version

This paper presents an analytical setup that makes predictions for the relationships between firm and occupation specific human capital and job switches. The predictions are then tested using the task based approach. The results, based on data for Germany, show that the degree to which firm...

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Occuptational choice across generations

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2004

occupational choice, and that individuals with more education choose higher ranking jobs. The role of experience is important for … more influenced by their mother?s education and not by their fathers? occupation. …

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Occupational choice across generations

Constant, Amelie F.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2003

occupational choice, and that individuals with more education choose higher ranking jobs. The role of experience is important for … is more influenced by their mother?s education and not by their fathers? occupation. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272294

Parental investments and socio-economic gradients in learning across European countries

Carneiro, Pedro; Reis, Hugo; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2024

Generous maternity leave, affordable daycare, extensive social safety nets, excellent universal health care, and high-quality public schools, are all notable features of Nordic countries. There is a widespread belief that such strong public investments in children contribute to a levelled...

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The returns to occupational foreign language use : evidence from Germany

Heidland, Tobias - 2013

This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...

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Minimum wages and vocational training incentives in Germany

Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2017

training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the … opportunity cost of education and prevent further skill accumulation. On the other hand, they lower the employment probability of … workers declines which lowers the opportunity cost of education. High requirements with regard to professional skills …

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The real income shares of labor, human and physical capital : determination method and first results for Germany

Steffen, Peter E. J. - 2013

A method is presented that allows to separate the total labor income into parts of basic labor and human capital using annual micro data. As results yearly total income shares of physical and human capital and labor are obtained for a single country. The method is applied to Germany using micro...

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