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Introduction and Perspective – Symposium Negotiating the Life Course

Breuch, Trevor; Gray, Edith - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 8 (2005) 2, pp. 111-119

Negotiating the Life Course (NLC) is a longitudinal survey that investigates how men and women in Australia negotiate employment, family formation and domestic responsibilities across their lifetimes. The survey collects data on a range of variables: demographic, labour market, income, housing,...

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Is Computing Different? Comparing the Determinants of Computer-Related and Other Subject Matter Training in New Zealand

Daldy, Bridget; Gibson, John - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 8 (2005) 4, pp. 291-308

participate in computer-related training provided by employers and other agencies. The results from bivariate probit models … suggest that the factors determining participation in computer-related training differ significantly from the factors … determining participation in other subject matter training. Thus, general policies to raise training rates may have less impact on …

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The public-private sector earnings gap; in Australia: a quantile regression approach

Birch, Elisa - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 9 (2006) 2, pp. 99-123

This paper investigates the public-private sector earnings gap for Australian men. It finds that the average earnings of men working in the public sector are larger than the earnings of men employed in the private sector. The difference in the earnings of public and private sector workers is...

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Straight to Work or a Traineeship: A comparison of Two Pathways

Dockery, Michael; Stromback, Thorsten - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 8 (2005) 4, pp. 309-329

school leavers who do not undertake any further education or training after leaving school. Using eight indicators of …

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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2009

This paper uses ?rm level panel data of ?rm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To this … endogeneity of input factors and training is applied. The productivity premium for a trained worker is estimated at 23%, while the … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theories that explain work related …

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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact on productivity and wages. To … endogeneity of input factors and training is applied. The productivity premium for a trained worker is estimated at 23%, while the … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theories that explain work related …

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The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions

Caponi, Vincenzo; Kayahan, Cevat Burc; Plesca, Miana - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

The literature has not yet resolved whether the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is positive … or negative. On the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus training should be … to skill, making training incidence pro-cyclical. Using the Canadian panel of Workplace and Employee Survey (WES), we …

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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages: Firm Level Evidence

Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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Human Performances Evaluation by Means of Explicit and Tacit Knowledge

STOICA, Marcel; RATIU-SUCIU, Camelia; GRIGORIU, Corina - In: Economia. Seria Management 8 (2005) 1, pp. 153-168

The explicit and tacit (implicit) knowledge are defined by antithesis to obtain a clear delimitation between two concepts. It is emphasized the role of these knowledge in the communication between individuals and between firms (organizations, societies etc.). The human performance is appreciated...

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Policies to Create and Destroy Human Capital in Europe

Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

training policies should therefore be reformulated. Skill formation is impaired when the returns to skill formation are low due …

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