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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 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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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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Rejuvenating Greece's labour market to generate more and higher-quality jobs
Bulman, Tim - 2020
equipping workers with the skills needed by the labour market can support employment and incomes. This will require a …
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School curricula, educational trajectories, and labor market outcomes
Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022
Benjamin W. Arold prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2022 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...
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Skills and the graduate recruitment process : evidence from two discrete experiments
Humburg, Martin; Velden, Rolf van der - 2014
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Personality and field of study choice
Humburg, Martin - 2014
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The effect of teenage employment on character skills, expectations and occupational choice strategies
Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016 - This draft: September 22, 2016
success in later life. The learning environment at school focuses on knowledge and cognitive skills. The transmission of … character skills, however, is not at the center of attention. Leisure activities as informal learning activities outside of … school may affect the formation of skills. By providing valuable opportunities, working part-time while attending full …
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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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The effect of choice options in training curricula on the supply of and demand for apprenticeships
Jansen, Anika; Grip, Andries de; Kriechel, Ben - 2016
acquired more skills that are relevant for the firm and (2) firms' higher market power in the wage bargaining process with …
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