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Wage Effects of On-the-Job Training : A Meta-Analysis
Haelermans, Carla - 2011
A meta-analysis is used to study the average wage effects of on-the-job training. This study shows that the average reported wage effect of on-the-job training, corrected for publication bias, is 2.6 per cent per course. The analyses reveal a substantial heterogeneity between training courses,...
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Does Employing Older Workers Affect Workplace Performance?
Bryson, Alex - 2019
Focusing on private sector workplaces in Britain, we investigate whether the employment of older workers has implications for workplace performance. We find no significant association between changes in the proportion of older workers employed and changes in workplace performance. We find some...
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Exploring the impact of employment policies on wages and employability in the Chilean local labor market
Oyarzo, Mauricio; Ferrada, Luz María - In: Regional science policy and practice : RSPP 16 (2024) 7, pp. 1-12
While policy evaluation is essential for improving labor programs, a significant knowledge gap exists regarding the impact of local labor market policies in developing countries. This article analyzes the impact of three employment programs in Chile aimed at enhancing employability and wages,...
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Types of absence from work and wages of young workers with apprenticeship training
Kunze, Astrid - In: Journal for labour market research 51 (2017) 5, pp. 1-14
This paper explores the short-and long-term effects on wages of absence from work for young highly attached skilled male and female workers in West Germany. The analysis distinguishes different types of career absence: unemployment, maternity leave for female workers, compulsory service for male...
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Was there a skills shortage in Australia?
Junankar, P. N. (Raja) - 2009
The paper analyses the problem of a skills shortage in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a labour market in terms of stocks and flows of labour services and human capital acquisition. It discusses the definition of a skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at...
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Was there a skills shortage in Australia?
Junankar, Pramod N. - 2009
The paper analyses the problem of a "skills shortage" in Australia. It begins with an analysis of the operation of a labour market in terms of stocks and flows of labour services and human capital acquisition. It discusses the definition of a skills shortage, why it persists, and then looks at...
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Worker Flows and Wage Growth Over the Life-Cycle : A Cross-Country Analysis
Engbom, Niklas - 2017
Using panel data for 1990–2014 from 12 OECD countries, I document three facts about cross country labor market outcomes. First, worker flows and life-cycle wage growth differ substantially across countries. Second, the fluidity of a country's labor market covaries positively with life-cycle...
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Countries for Old Men : An Analysis of the Age Wage Gap
Bianchi, Nicola; Paradisi, Matteo - 2021
In the last three decades, the wages of older workers in many high-income countries grew at a much faster rate than the wages of younger workers. This paper uses extensive administrative data from Italy and Germany to provide an analysis of this age wage gap. First, the widening of the age wage...
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The effectiveness of general and firm-specific training on wages and performance: Evidence from banking
Jones, Derek C.; Kalim, Panu; Kauhanen, Antti - 2009
By using new panel data for Finnish banks we study the impact of training on wages and performance. To the best of our knowledge, ours is the first paper to compare explicitly the effects of general and firm-specific workplace training on outcomes for both employees and firms. Unlike much...
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How acid are lemons? : Adverse selection and signalling for skilled labour market entrants
Wagner, Robert; Zwick, Thomas - 2012
job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows that post-apprenticeship employer changers are a negative selection … training firm retention rates. Additional training firm signals are high apprenticeship wages that signal a positive selection … of apprenticeship applicants, works councils and establishment size. Finally, positive individual signals such as …
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