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Workplace Literacy Requirements and Unskilled Employment in East-Central and Western Europe - Evidence from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
Köllő, János - 2006
that largely contributes to their low levels of aggregate employment. The paper looks at the possible role for skills … mismatch in explaining this failure. The analysis is based on data from the IALS, an international skills survey conducted in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494673
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Public sector workers' willingness to pay for education and training: a comparison
O'Keefe, Sue; Crase, Lin - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 10 (2007) 4, pp. 279-294
In the context of concerns about skills shortages and an ageing workforce, increased participation in education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565314
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Mapping tasks to occupations using Philippine data
Generalao, Ian Nicole A. - 2019
offshoring on employment and the returns to specific skills, not just in the Philippines but also for countries which base their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117549
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Beyond traditional academic degrees : the labor market returns to occupational credentials in the United States
Baird, Matthew; Bozick, Robert; Zaber, Melanie A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 11 (2022) 1, pp. 1-38
potential role of occupational credentials as an alternative path to marketable human capital and a signal of skills in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013368217
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Mapping tasks to occupations using Philippine data
Generalao, Ian Nicole - 2019
offshoring on employment and the returns to specific skills, not just in the Philippines but also for countries which base their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012629021
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Workplace literacy requirements and unskilled employment in East- Central and Western Europe : evidence from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)
Köllő, János (contributor) - 2006
that largely contributes to their low levels of aggregate employment. The paper looks at the possible role for skills … mismatch in explaining this failure. The analysis is based on data from the IALS, an international skills survey conducted in … economies. -- Labor Economics ; Human Capital ; Skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435357
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What determines own-account work in Colombia? Some empirical evidence for the years 2010 and 2013
Burbano Vallejo, Edy Lorena; Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny; … - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 32 (2021), pp. 274-299
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of education, age, access to ICTs and physical and financial assets, as well as other personal and socio-economic characteristics on the probability of being a formal or informal own-account worker. In order to achieve this purpose,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014494536
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What determines own-account work in Colombia? : some empirical evidence for the years 2010 and 2013
Burbano Vallejo, Edy Lorena; Castro Aristizabal, Geovanny; … - In: Revista de métodos cuantitativos para la economía y … 32 (2021), pp. 274-299
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of education, age, access to ICTs and physical and financial assets, as well as other personal and socio-economic characteristics on the probability of being a formal or informal own-account worker. In order to achieve this purpose,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796296
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50 years of breakthroughs and barriers : women in economics, policy, and leadership
Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024
This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher education at the college level and beyond and then go on to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015062106
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50 Years of Breakthroughs and Barriers: Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership
Blau, Francine D.; Lynch, Lisa M. - 2024
This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher education at the college level and beyond and then go on to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015096946