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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023

This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a dynamic perspective that highlights successes and...

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Productivity gap between tradable and non-tradable industries and duality in higher education

Brezis, Elise S.; Brand, Gilad - 2017

Over the last decades, productivity in the tradable sector rose substantially, while in the non-tradable sector, output per worker has remained the same, despite a similar increase in human capital in both sectors. This paper emphasizes that duality in higher education as well as heterogeneous...

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Wage distributions in origin societies and occupational choices of immigrant generations in the US

Zhan, Crystal - 2020

This paper studies the occupational selection among generations of immigrants in the United States and links their choices to the occupational wage distribution in their country of origin. The empirical results suggest that individuals are more likely to take up an occupation in the US that was...

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Microeconometric analyses on determinants of individual labour market outcomes

Simon, Lisa - 2019

managers to evaluate which skill signals such as cognitive skills, social skills and maturity are valued by employers when … - cognitive skills, social skills, and maturity - affect the probability of being invited for a job interview. GPAs and social … skills prove relevant for both genders and both groups of labour-market entrants. The relevance of other signals differs in …

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Occupational choice and the dynamics of human capital, inequality and growth

Dvorkin, Maximiliano A.; Monge-Naranjo, Alexander - 2019

sharp characterization for the optimal mobility of individual workers and for the aggregate supply of skills across …

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Prior work experience and entrepreneurship : the careers of young entrepreneurs

Gendron-Carrier, Nicolas - 2023

I investigate the mechanisms that drive sorting into entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial success among young individuals. I use Canadian matched owner-employeremployee data to conduct my investigation. Empirically, older entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs who have previously worked in high-wage...

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Earnings, Schooling and Vocational Education and Training

Stromback, Thorsten - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 13 (2010) 3, pp. 241-263

Young persons who do not go on to university face two main educational choices; whether to complete Year 12 and/or whether to undertake a vocational (VET) qualification. These two choices are independent. Both early leavers and completers may subsequently obtain a VET qualification. However, the...

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The Rise of the CDEP Scheme and Changing Factors Underlying Indigenous Male Employment

Hunter, Boyd H. - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 6 (2003) 3, pp. 473-496

The dominance of the Community Development Employment Projects (CDEP) scheme in certain regions of Australia complicates the interpretation of any analysis of indigenous employment. In order to enhance interpretation, the factors underlying indigenous employment should be examined separately for...

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Education systems facing the challenges of technological, organizational and social changes: US and Italy in a comparative perspective

Cipollone, Piero; García, Eugene; Mengoli, Paola; … - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2012

Education systems in developed countries have faced many important changes over the past two decades changing only partially their structure and the way they operate. New educational needs became noticeable because of the variation in the population's composition in almost all countries, due to...

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The Officina Emilia Initiative:Innovative Local Actions to Support Education and Training Systems

Russo, Margherita; Mengoli, Paola - Dipartimento di Economia "Marco Biagi", Università … - 2009

The issue of the regeneration of skills, in particular in the light engineering industry, is addressed by Officina …

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