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Language and labor market success
Isphording, Ingo Eduard - 2014
This article summarizes three different strands of the literature that address the labor market effects of language … ongoing globalization leads to an increased demand for foreign language proficiency to reduce search and information costs and … migrants, destination language skills display both a prerequisite for and outcome of successful integration. Investments into …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010418954
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The returns to occupational foreign language use : evidence from Germany
Heidland, Tobias - 2013
premia for applying their native language on the job in addition to those for English, their trade-fostering potential seems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010192306
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Locus of control and investment in training
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Seitz, Helke; … - 2016
This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011591440
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Locus of control and investment in training
Caliendo, Marco; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Seitz, Helke; … - 2016
This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594543
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Estimating the returns to schooling using cohort-level maternal education as an instrument
Winters, John V. - 2014
Formal education is widely thought to be a major determinant of individual earnings. This paper uses the American Community Survey to examine the effect of formal schooling on worker wages. Given the potential endogeneity of education decisions, I instrument for individual schooling using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434601
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STEM graduates, human capital externalities, and wages in the US
Winters, John V. - 2013
Previous research suggests that the local stock of human capital creates positive externalities within local labor markets and plays an important role in regional economic development. However, there is still considerable uncertainty over what types of human capital are most important. Both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228785
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Labor earnings, misallocation, and the returns to education in Mexico
Levy, Santiago; López-Calva, Luis F. - 2016
Over the last two decades Mexico has had an open trade regime, experienced macroeconomic stability, and made substantial progress in education. However, average workers¿ earnings have stagnated and earnings for workers with more schooling have declined, compressing the earnings distribution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457935
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Do Pimples Pay? Acne, Human Capital, and the Labor Market
Mialon, Hugo M. - 2018
We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to investigate the association between having acne in middle to high school and subsequent educational and labor market outcomes. We find that having acne is strongly positively associated with overall grade point...
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The Elusive Concept of Immigrant Quality : Evidence from 1970-1990
Duleep, Harriet Orcutt; Regets, Mark C. - 2021
The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...
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The Impact of Juvenile Conviction on Human Capital and Labor Market Outcomes
Golan, Limor; Hai, Rong; Wabiszewski, Hayley - 2021
This article documents the long-term relationship among juvenile conviction, occupation choices, employment, wages, and recidivism. Using data from NLSY97, we document that youths who are convicted at or before age 17 have lower full-time employment rate and lower wage growth rate even after 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013323174