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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepic, Damir - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506887
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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context: the role of cognitive skills
Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher … skill demands of employment. To deepen insight into whether these aspects contribute to earnings mobility over a four … capital are associated with earnings mobility. The results indicate that, while individuals with higher cognitive skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518467
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Skilled or educated? : educational reforms, human capital and earnings
Cappellari, Lorenzo; Castelnovo, Paolo; Checchi, Daniele; … - 2016
We use OECD-PIAAC data to estimate the earnings effects of both years of education and of numerical skills. Our … education has the strongest earnings effect. A one standard deviation increase in years of education raises earnings by almost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776249
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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context : the role of cognitive skills
Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher … skill demands of employment. To deepen insight into whether these aspects contribute to earnings mobility over a four … capital are associated with earnings mobility. The results indicate that, while individuals with higher cognitive skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506899
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Using longitudinal data to evaluate publicly provided formal education for low skilled
Stenberg, Anders - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1262-1280
to evaluate the impact on annual earnings. The estimated average return was 4.4% in 2004. Calculations indicate that this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010577146
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Upgrading the Low Skilled: Is Public Provision of Formal Education a Sensible Policy?
Stenberg, Anders - Institutet för Social Forskning (SOFI), Stockholms … - 2009
of AE improves earnings by 4.4 per cent, but calculations indicate that the private returns alone only roughly cover the …
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Flexibility at a cost : should governments stimulate tertiary education for adults?
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2015
investments are uncertain and the foregone earnings are potentially large. We use Swedish population register data from 1982 to … 2011 to estimate average long run earnings returns on higher education for 29- to 55-year-olds who enrolled 1992-1993. We …
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Education reforms and adult skills : Evidence from Estonia
Byrne, Kieran; Plekhanov, Alexander - In: Economics of education review 82 (2021), pp. 1-10
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Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution
Lockwood Reynolds, C. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 4, pp. 345-362
Two-year colleges are an important part of the higher education system in the United States but there are concerns as to how attendance at these institutions affects educational attainment and labor market outcomes. This paper uses data from a nationally representative survey to examine the...
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