This paper examines the impact of co-workers' fertility on individual fertility decisions. Using matched employer-employee data from Italian social security records (2016-2020), we estimate how fertility among co-workers of similar age and occupation affects the individual likelihood of having a...

A skill's value depends on dynamic market conditions. To remain marketable, contractors need to keep reskilling themselves continuously. But choosing new skills to learn is an inherently hard task: Contractors have very little information about current and future market conditions, which often...

Pakistani IS/IT educators lack information about their graduates' employment destinations and their field experiences. That information is difficult to gain but is vital if the Pakistani students are to be equipped with the knowledge of the overall context in which they will develop their...