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Functional Literacy, Heterogeneity and the Returns to Schooling : Multi-Country Evidence
Fasih, Tazeen; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Sakellariou, Chris - 2014
schooling, while the return to schooling mostly reflects the signaling value of schooling. …
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Signaling specific skills and the labor market of college graduates
Busso, Matias; Montaño, Sebastián; Muñoz-Morales, Juan - 2023
We study how signaling skills that are specific to college majors affect labor market outcomes of college graduates. We …, implying that reducing information frictions about students' skills could potentially shrink earnings gaps. Our results imply … that information policies like those that formally certify skills can improve the efficiency in talent allocation of the …
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Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo Forum 01 (2000) 4, pp. 27-33
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Immigration Policies: Competing for Skills
Ochel, Wolfgang - In: CESifo Forum 1 (2000) 4, pp. 27-33
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998681
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How broadband Internet affects labor market matching
Bhuller, Manudeep; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Vigtel, … - 2019 - This version: December 19, 2019
How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …
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How broadband internet affects labor market matching
Bhuller, Manudeep; Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Vigtel, … - 2020
How the internet affects job matching is not well understood due to a lack of data on job vacancies and quasi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012158733
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The frisch elasticity in labor markets with high job turnover
Céspedes Reynaga, Nikita; Rendon, Silvio - 2012
We estimate Frisch elasticity in a labor market with high job turnover. In a context where only around 18% of the employed labor force has formal and stable jobs, we perform a fixed effects estimation as proposed by MaCurdy (1981) with a Heckman correction for selection into unemployment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289858
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An Empirical Test of Reder Competition and Specific Human Capital Against Standard Wage Competition
Ludsteck, Johannes; Haupt, Harry - 2007
A firm that faces insufficient supply of labor can either increase the wage offer to attract more applicants, or reduce the hiring standard to enlarge the pool of potential employees, or do both. This simultaneous adjustment of wages and hiring standards has been emphasized in a classical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427513
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The frisch elasticity in labor markets with high job turnover
Céspedes Reynaga, Nikita; Rendón, Sílvio - 2012
We estimate Frisch elasticity in a labor market with high job turnover. In a context where only around 18% of the employed labor force has formal and stable jobs, we perform a fixed effects estimation as proposed by MaCurdy (1981) with a Heckman correction for selection into unemployment. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664848
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An empirical test of reder competition and specific human capital against standard wage competition
Ludsteck, Johannes; Haupt, Harry - 2007 - Revision : 6.0
A firm that faces insufficient supply of labor can either increase the wage offer to attract more applicants, or reduce the hiring standard to enlarge the pool of potential employees, or do both. This simultaneous adjustment of wages and hiring standards has been emphasized in a classical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951380