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The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates : why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Ferreira, Priscila - 2002
creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414508
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Youth graduates employment country studies of Albania and North Macedonia in economics programs
Mehmetaj, Nevila; Alili, Merita Zulfiu - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 6 (2020) 1, pp. 275-290
Albania and North Macedonia, as many countries in South-Eastern Europe, struggle with youth unemployment which is … unemployment through two case studies: Luigj Gurakuqi (LG) the University of Shkodra in Albania and South-East European (SEE … logistic regression analysis is used to estimate the correlation between employment/unemployment and the various explanatory …
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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Destruction for University Graduates : Why a Rising Unemployment Rate Can Be Misleading
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Ferreira, Priscila - 2021
creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320218
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The changing graduate labour market : analysis using a new indicator of graduate jobs
Green, Francis; Henseke, Golo - In: IZA journal of labor policy 5 (2016) 14, pp. 1-25
This paper examines differentiation in the recent evolving graduate labour market in Britain. Using a novel statistically derived indicator of graduate jobs, based on job skill requirements in three-digit occupations obtained from the British Skills and Employment Survey series, we analyse...
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Do vocational high school graduates have better employment outcomes than general high school graduates?
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2017
This paper estimates the causal effect of vocational high school (VHS) education on employment likeli-hood relative to general high school (GHS) education in Turkey using census data. To address non-random selection into high school types, we collect construction dates of the VHSs at the...
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Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana
Ajayi, Kehinde; Anyidoho, Nana Akua - 2017
We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana, we find that males have a stronger preference for...
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Born abroad and educated here : examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Séamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-30
This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred...
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Training, wages and a missing school graduation cohort
Dorner, Matthias; Görlitz, Katja - 2020
This study analyzes the effects of a missing high school graduation cohort on firms' training provision and trainees' wages. An exogenous school reform varying at the state and year level caused the missing cohort to occur. Using administrative social security data on all trainees and training...
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A phenomenological study of business graduates’ employment experiences in the changing economy
Campbell, Throy Alexander - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 4, pp. 1-10
This study explores the perspectives of business college graduates, how technology has shaped the structures of their jobs, and the role of non-technical skills as they navigate the changing career path. Three overlapping themes emerged from the data analysis: (1) influence of increased...
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Does the girl next door affect your academic outcomes and career choices?
Goulas, Sofoklis; Megalokonomou, Rigissa; Zhang, Yi - 2018
Gender peer effects are potentially important for optimally organizing schools and neighborhoods. In this paper, we examine how the gender of classmates and neighbors affects a variety of high school outcomes and choice of university major. Given that students are assigned to schools based on...
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