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Education, skills & labor-market success : microeconometric analyses using large-scale skills assessments
Hampf, Franziska Bernadette - 2020
Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education … of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays investigating various aspects of the link between education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194172
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Basic reading and mathematics skills and the labour market outcomes of young people : evidence from PISA and linked administrative data
Meehan, Lisa; Pacheco, Gail; Schober, Thomas - 2023
education. While men with low skills out-earn their higher-skilled counterparts when they are very young, their earnings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014228646
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Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom : evidence from shortened school years
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2022
This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost instructional time in the classroom on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years with no adjustments in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342904
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Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom : evidence from shortened school years
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2024
This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost classroom instruction on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years without adjusting the core curriculum....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015052411
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The long-run educational benefits of high-achieving classrooms
Canaan, Serena; Mouganie, Pierre; Zhang, Peng - 2022
Despite the prevalence of school tracking, evidence on whether it improves student success is mixed. This paper studies how tracking within high school impacts high-achieving students' short- and longer-term academic outcomes. Our setting is a large and selective Chinese high school, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012819570
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Learning the right skill : the returns to social, technical and basic skills for middle-educated graduates
Cnossen, Femke; Piracha, Matloob; Tchuente, Guy - 2021
text data from curricula of the entire Dutch vocational education system. We extract verbs and nouns to measure social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012659580
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
capacity of Thailand’s education and training system to develop relevant skills from the pre-primary to higher education level … relevant teacher training, and sustained competitiveness of higher education institutions as key areas for improvement. It also … points to large skills shortages in the education, and health and social work sectors, and prevalent qualification and field …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421216
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Wage losses due to overqualification : the role of formal degrees and occupational skills
Kracke, Nancy; Reichelt, Malte; Vicari, Basha - 2017
Wage penalties in overqualified employment are well documented, but little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms. We test two explanations, namely, formal overqualification and a mismatch of occupational skills. By using the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) survey that is linked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630745
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Labor market returns to college education with vocational qualifications
Rzepka, Sylvi - 2018
In this paper, I assess labor market returns of a substantial skill upgrade: college enrollment of the vocationally trained, non-traditional students who do not have the formal entry requirement. Using propensity-scoreadjusted regressions and the National Educational Panel Study, I find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876137
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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Guiseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020
We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194935