Large imbalances between the supply and demand for skills in transition economies are driven by rapid economic …

difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario … university education among individuals with lower academic skills. …

abilities it also enhances non-cognitive skills. The net effect of conscription is hard to identify due to issues of self …

skills available in the regional workforce, which allows for a broader measure of human capital than is captured by … - are characterized by high levels of social and resource-management skills, as well as the ability to generate ideas and …, and laborers - are among the lowest in terms of required skills. These differences in the skill content of work shed light …

model. Research findings suggest substantial differentials across skill-based strata in migratory response to regional … disparities in returns to education. Model simulation further indicates that those disparities derive largely from regional …, 2005) and accordingly serve to encourage regional convergence in human capital concentration. Further, results fail to …

skills available in the regional workforce, which allows for a broader measure of human capital than is captured by … — are characterized by high levels of social and resource-management skills, as well as the ability to generate ideas and …, and laborers — are among the lowest in terms of required skills. These differences in the skill content of work shed light …

wage gaps by the inclusion of measures of cognitive skills and personality traits. Our results show that while cognitive … skills are important in determining mean wages, personality traits have little explanatory power. However, quantile … of females. Cognitive skills as measured by reading and numeracy also confer different benefits across the wage …