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Educational Attainment and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa, 1994-2010
Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national … household survey data. We show that higher levels of education are strongly rewarded in the labour market in terms of earnings … in the reward to education level are evident for Africans versus the overall population, between urban and rural areas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276936
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Education Quality and Labour Market Outcomes in South Africa
Branson, Nicola; Leibbrandt, Murray - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
qualité de l’éducation. De plus, il y a une relation directe significative entre nos variables de qualité et les salaires …In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education … proxies for education quality. We find that the employment and earnings premiums to education level are robust to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276937
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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion
Mara, Isilda - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2012
been a trend towards jobs distinguished as medium and low skilled. Moreover, a comparison between education level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686980
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It's So Hard to Get Good Help
Baker, Dean - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2012
There is a growing chorus of policy analysts and pundits telling the country that we could have millions more jobs in manufacturing, if only we had qualified workers. This claim has the interesting feature that it places responsibility for the lack of jobs on workers, not on the people who get...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651287
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
Building on a new data set which is combined from national micro-data bases, we highlight differences in the structure of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all immigrants to the OECD world. Looking at immigrants by source...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264459
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Making the Labour Market Work Better in Poland
Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276966
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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion
Mara, Isilda - 2012
been a trend towards jobs distinguished as medium and low skilled. Moreover, a comparison between education level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100114
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013474140
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001745
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The Evolution of Labor Market Disparities between Hispanic and Non-hispanic Men: 1970-2019
Kospentaris, Ioannis; Stratton, Leslie S. - 2023
, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296595