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Central exams and adult skills : evidence from PIAAC
Leschnig, Lisa; Schwerdt, Guido; Zigova, Katarina - In: Economics of education review 90 (2022), pp. 1-20
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Cognitive skills and the LOGSE reform in Spain : evidence from PIAAC
Robles-Zurita, José A. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 4, pp. 401-415
We use data from the Spanish sample of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to analyze the effect of the LOGSE (Spanish acronym for General Law of the Education System) reform passed in 1990 on numeracy and literacy proficiency of the adult population. The LOGSE...
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context : the role of cognitive skills
Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher … skill demands of employment. To deepen insight into whether these aspects contribute to earnings mobility over a four … capital are associated with earnings mobility. The results indicate that, while individuals with higher cognitive skills …
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Education reforms and adult skills : Evidence from Estonia
Byrne, Kieran; Plekhanov, Alexander - In: Economics of education review 82 (2021), pp. 1-10
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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile
Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242
In this paper we look at the income distribution by cohort in Chile. We construct a synthetic panel from cross section surveys and estimate the income distribution for cohorts born between 1902 and 1978. We then decompose the evolution of these distributions into age, year and cohort effects....
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Wage returns to mid-career investments in job training through employer supported course enrollment : evidence for Canada
Ci, Wen; Galdo, Jose; Voia, Marcel-Christian; Worswick, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-25
Using longitudinal data for Canada, we analyze the incidence and wage returns to employer supported course enrollment for men and women. Availability of confidential data, along with a relatively rich set of observable covariates, lead us to the estimation of difference-in-differences matching...
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Higher education externalities in Egyptian labor markets
Nazier, Hanan - In: Advances in management & applied economics 3 (2013) 2, pp. 193-217
Augmenting a Mincerian earnings function with governorate level data, this paper estimated the external return to …
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Earnings differentials between immigrants and natives : the role of occupational attainment
Dell'Aringa, Carlo; Lucifora, Claudio; Pagani, Laura - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-18
This paper brings new evidence to the existing literature on earnings differentials and returns to human capital for …
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Disability and labor market outcomes : disability is associated with labor market disadvantage : recent evidence points to a causal relationship
Jones, Melanie - 2016
In Europe, about one in eight people of working age report having a disability; that is, the presence of a long-term limiting health condition. Despite the introduction of a range of legislative and policy initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination and facilitate retention of and entry...
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