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The economic returns to field of study and competencies among higher education graduates in Ireland
Kelly, Elish; O'Connell, Philip; Smyth, Emer - 2008
various job-related competencies, accumulated on completion of higher education, in the Irish labour market. In examining … able the graduate. Small but significant returns were found for some of the competencies analysed, in particular technical …
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Competency management, coordination and responsibility in Slovenia
Zupančič, Magda - In: Naše gospodarstvo : NG 66 (2020) 3, pp. 36-47
The purpose of this article is to highlight the importance of investments into competencies. The identification of … competencies should belong to the strategic goals of any socially responsible society. The right competencies are a crucial … well as to ensure lifelong productive and inclusive individuals. Relevant skills and competencies should respond to labour …
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Competences necessary for a social entrepreneur : a case study of Latvia
Sannikova, Aija; Vevere, Velga; Titko, Jelena - In: Verslas : teorija ir praktika : Vilniaus Gedimino … 24 (2023) 2, pp. 604-612
managerial competencies in social enterprises and analysed the results of surveys of social entrepreneurs and their institutional … scientific contribution in two aspects: 1) the identified general competencies required for a social entrepreneur could serve as … a basis for further research to measure the actual competencies of social entrepreneurs; 2) the research contributes to …
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The returns to education and the wage effect from overeducation in Trinidad and Tobago : a pseudo-panel approach
Doon, Roshnie; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2024
Having highly educated workers can be beneficial for organizations in terms of innovation and problem-solving capabilities, however when underpaid and underemployed, overeducated workers may experience feelings of frustration and stagnation as they are unable to fully utilize their skills and...
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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Private- and Public-Sector Employment : A Distributional Analysis
Baron, Juan; Cobb-Clark, Deborah - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We use HILDA data from 2001 - 2006 to analyse the source of the gender wage gap across public- and private-sector wage distributions in Australia. We are particularly interested in the role of gender segregation within sector-specific occupations in explaining relative wages. We find that,...
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2010
The quality of public management is a recurrent concern in many countries. Calls to attract the economy’s best and brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial positions in the public and private sector, using a model of a perfectly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940496
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Managerial talent, motivation, and self-selection into public management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J. - 2008
The quality of public management is a recurrent concern in many countries. Calls to attract the economy's best and brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial and non-managerial positions in the public and private sector, using a model of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011377112
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Managerial Talent, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Public Management
Delfgaauw, Josse - 2010
The quality of public management is a recurrent concern in many countries. Calls to attract the economyﾒs best and brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial positions in the public and private sector, using a model of a perfectly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013147551
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Managerial Talent, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Public Management
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert - 2021
The quality of public management is a recurrent concern in many countries. Calls to attract the economy's best and brightest managers to the public sector abound. This paper studies self-selection into managerial and non-managerial positions in the public and private sector, using a model of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316467
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Occupational mobility, occupation distance and specific human capital
Robinson, Chris - 2011
Measures of occupation distance based on underlying skill portfolios are constructed and used to contrast involuntary and total mobility. One component of total occupational mobility is voluntary mobility, including moves to higher job offers using the same skills, as well as promotions that may...
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