This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People’s Republic of China and …

terms of credibility, relevance, and expectedness by gender and education level. Females are particularly rewarded for IT … and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using …

higher productivity and growth. In light of the importance of skills for fostering labour productivity, this paper examines … skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students … and adults in developing critical skills and reducing the skills imbalances in the labour market, which can contribute to …

Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and … changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality …

. However, the direction of the gender effect differs significantly by education. Only females among the college educated are … that there are gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. In particular …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

gender wage gap between 1985 and 2010 can be explained by a reduction in occupational segregation between the genders. The … remaining 35% are explained by shifts in occupational wages which increased within occupations important for female employment … Böhm et al. (2019) that average wages do not move as much as skill prices, I reestimate the part of the declining wage gap …