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Educational mismatches and skills: New empirical tests of old hypotheses
Allen J.P.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M.; Levels M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
In this paper, we empirically explore how the often reported relationship between overeducation and wages can best be understood. Exploiting the newly published Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies PIAAC data OECD 2013, we are able to achieve a better estimation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856533
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Personality and field of study choice
Humburg M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2014
Field of study choice has far-reaching implications for individuals enrolling in university. Field of study choice is strongly linked to the subject matter graduates will specialize in, the kind of work environment they will be working in, and the returns to their skills they can expect once...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856541
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Skills and the graduate recruitment process: Evidence from two discrete experiments
der, Velden R.K.W. van; Humburg M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2014
In this study we elicit employers preferences for a variety of CV attributes and types of skills when recruiting university graduates. Using two discrete choice experiments, we simulate the two common steps of the graduate recruitment process 1 the selection of suitable candidates for job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856564
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Narrow versus broad vocational education: labour market position and curriculum characteristics of specialised versus less specialised vocational education programmes in the Nether...
Coenen J.B.; Heijke J.A.M.; Meng C.M. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2014
This paper compares narrow, or specialised, and broad, or less specialised, upper-secondary vocational education VE programmes in the Netherlands with respect to their graduates position in the labour market and how they assess a number of aspects of the programme they completed. The data used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004600
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Centre-based versus home-based childcare
Bauchmüller R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261256
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Entry into working life: Spatial mobility and the job match quality of higher-educated graduates
Venhorst V.; Cörvers F. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2015
We estimate the impact of spatial mobility on job match quality by using a data set of recent Dutch university and college graduates We find positive wage returns related to spatial mobility. However, after controlling for the self-selection of migrants with an IV approach, this effect is no...
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Herd Behaviour in Occupational Choice
Drost, Andre - Royal Economic Society - RES - 2003
In this paper we examine why many professional labor markets are disturbed by cycles in the supply of new workers. We present a model where cycles in labor supply are the consequence of herd behavior in occupational choice. We also present evidence from nearly 150 West German labor markets which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005577108
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ANALYSIS OF THE INTELECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA IN THE LAST DECADE
MIRELA, NICOLOV - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 2, pp. 219-228
recognized sources as available at the time of analysis. The datas are taken from the Proinno Europe site: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/inno-metrics/page/innovation …-union-scoreboard-2011, the last document introduced by European Commision for research develompent and innovation. International scientific … of Doctoral Grant “Implications for innovation, research and development role in the development of Romania's economic …
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Skill mismatch and skill use in developed countries: Evidence from the PIAAC study
Levels M.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M.; Allen J.P. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2013
In this paper we develop and test a new set of measures of skill mismatches, based on data on skill levels and skill use in the domains of literacy and numeracy from the PIAAC project. The measures we develop represent the extent of skill use relative to ones own skill level. We test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734851
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Educational mismatches and skills: New empirical tests of old hypotheses
Allen J.P.; der, Velden R.K.W. van; Levels M. - Graduate School of Business and Economics (GSBE), … - 2013
In this paper, we empirically explore how the often reported relationship between overeducation and wages can best be understood. Exploiting the newly published Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies PIAAC data OECD 2013, we are able to achieve a better estimation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010734870