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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023

The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...

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Discrimination in universal social programs? : a nationwide field experiment on access to child care

Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024 - This version: 04.03.2024

Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...

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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education

Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023

It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and...

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Why is the Roy-Borjas model unable to predict international migrant selection on education? : evidence from urban and rural Mexico

Leopold, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023

The Roy-Borjas model predicts that international migrants are less educated than nonmigrants because the returns to education are generally higher in developing (migrant-sending) than in developed (migrant-receiving) countries. However, empirical evidence often shows the opposite. Using the case...

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Skill mismatch and the costs of job displacement

Neffke, Frank; Nedelkoska, Ljubica; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023

When workers are displaced from their jobs in mass layoffs or firm closures, they experience lasting adverse labor market consequences. We study how these consequences vary with the amount of skill mismatch that workers experience when returning to the labor market. Using novel measures of skill...

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Innovation pathways and trajectories in India's auto component industry

Tiwari, Rajnish; Kalogerakis, Katharina - Technische Universität Hamburg / Institut für … - 2017

a context for component suppliers to ramp up their innovation capabilities as well. For about past 20 years the auto … investigate the prevalent innovation pathways and trajectories in India’s Auto Component Industry. The results indicate that firms …, high quality products provide good incentives for investments and openness for external knowledge. Cooperation between …

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Generating innovations through analogies : an empirical investigation of knowledge brokers

Kalogerakis, Katharina; Herstatt, Cornelius; Lüthje, … - 2005 - [Elektronische Ressource]

In this paper we explore how knowledge brokers - specialised design and engineering companies offering services to … leaders of 13 knowledge brokering companies. The interviews focused on product development projects in which analogies were … participating in such projects are the crucial factor that influences the outcome of the project. -- product development ; knowledge …

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Innovationen durch Wissenstransfer : mit Analogien schneller und kreativer Lösungen entwickeln

Herstatt, Cornelius (ed.); Kalogerakis, Katharina (ed.); … - 2014

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