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This paper analyses the effects of work-related training on worker productivity. To identify the causal effects from training, we combine a field experiment that randomly assigns workers to treatment and control groups with panel data on individual worker performance before and after training....
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Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of participants in the Swiss Labor Force Survey was sent vouchers to be used in adult training courses. Importantly for our purposes, actual voucher redemption can be traced. This gives the...
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The paper examines the outcomes of youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) up to four years after the … initial long-term spell of NEET. The paper covers outcomes of NEETs in relation to benefit receipt, education, employment and …
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Strong and relevant skills are vital for helping Iceland to adjust to rapidly changing technology and competition in … background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … ensure that tertiary education provides the right skills. Beyond education, effective re-skilling and up-skilling programmes …
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Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender differences in training participation over the …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … provided first for average returns to education second for returns at different levels of schooling and finally for returns by …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … provided first for average returns to education second for returns at different levels of schooling and finally for returns by …
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indicate that there are hardly significant gender differences in the determinants of self-initiated training while employer …, besides job characteristics, as important factors determining the gender gap in employer-provided training participation …. -- Training ; time use ; partner characteristics ; gender differences …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for … in Turkey. -- Returns to Education ; Mincer Equation ; Gender ; Palestine ; Turkey …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for … in Turkey. -- Returns to Education ; Mincer Equation ; Gender ; Palestine ; Turkey …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period …
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