Narrow search
Showing 151 - 160 of 93,565
Cover Image
Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239266
Cover Image
Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201710
Cover Image
Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014
Subject of this paper is the investigation of wage developments of women interrupting their careers for giving birth tochildren in comparison to men's wages not facing a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010351411
Cover Image
Labor market effects of sports and exercise : evidence from Canadian panel data
Lechner, Michael; Sari, Nazmi - 2014
Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010250155
Cover Image
Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014
This paper analyzes the wage development of mothers interrupting their careers, in comparison to the wages of men who do not face a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461968
Cover Image
The value of peripatetic economists : a sesqui-difference evaluation of Bob Gregory
Hamermesh, Daniel S. (contributor) - 2005
I ask generally whether a country can benefit from the temporary importation of human capital, and specifically whether a program that attracts large groups of academic visitors to a distant country benefits it by generating additional scholarly research on local issues. Using the list of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002772732
Cover Image
Innovating for the better? : the role of advocacy group work experience for employee pay
Grimpe, Christoph; Kaiser, Ulrich; Sofka, Wolfgang - 2018
strategic human capital with stakeholder theory and suggest that this experience creates scarce human capital (knowledge, skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881155
Cover Image
Skills, personality traits, and gender wage gaps : evidence from Bangladesh
Nordman, Christophe J.; Sarr, Leopold R.; Sharma, Smriti - 2018
skills have greater explanatory power than personality traits in determining mean wages. Unconditional quantile regressions …. Cognitive skills cumulatively account for a larger share of the explained component than personality traits do, and matter more … at lower percentiles. However, together these cognitive and socio-emotional skills matter to a lesser degree than factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883195
Cover Image
Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - CESifo - 2013
Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877937
Cover Image
Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Westfälische … - 2014
Subject of this paper is the investigation of wage developments of women interrupting their careers for giving birth tochildren in comparison to men's wages not facing a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010957022