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Gender Differentials Among German Apprentices: Some Evidence for Wages, Skill Use and Skill Formation

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2005

This paper investigates gender differentials in the aftermath of vocational training in Germany. The study documents the existence of substantial gender wage gaps for the homogeneous group of individuals with completed apprenticeship training. Evidence is presented that the gender differential...

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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Controlin an Occupational Choice Framework

Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model.The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment ofand accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is thatentrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...

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Exploring the Causes of Frictional Wage Dispersion

Tjaden, Volker; Wellschmied, Felix - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

Standard search models are unreliable for structural inference of the underlying sources ofwage inequality because they are inconsistent with observed residual wage dispersion. Weaddress this issue by modeling skill development and duration dependence in unemploymentbenefits in a random on the...

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Returns to Apprenticeship Training in Austria:Evidence from Failed Firms

Fersterer, Josef; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Winter-Ebmer, … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countriesfor the participants. There is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered,and there might be an important element of selection in who obtains an apprenticeship, andwhat type. To...

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Assessing the Incidence and Wage Effects ofOver-Skilling in the Australian Labour Market

Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Seamus; Yin King Fok - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines the incidence and wage effects of over-skilling within the Australianlabour market. It finds that approximately 30 percent of employees believed themselves to bemoderately over-skilled and 11 percent believed themselves to be severely over-skilled. Theincidence of skills...

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The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurship competencies and intentions: An evaluation of the Junior Achievement Student Mini-Company Program

Oosterbeek, Hessel; Praag, Mirjam van; IJsselstein, Auke - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> - 2007

Both the European Community, its member countries and the United States have stimulated schools to implement entrepreneurship programs into schooling curricula on a large scale, based on the idea that entrepreneurial competencies and mindsets must be developed at school. The leading and...

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German Apprenticeship Training, Earning Profiles and LabourTurnover: Theory and Evidence

Bougheas, Spiros; Yannis Georgellis - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2001

We develop a simple labour turnover model of general training. Upon completion of theirtraining, apprentices are equipped with general skills and they accumulate firm-specificskills by continuing working for their training firm. Job turnover is associated with a loss ofaccumulated firm-specific...

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How admitting migrants with any skills can help overcome a shortage of workers with particular skills

Stark, Oded; Byra, Lukasz - 2018

A country that experiences a shortage of workers with particular skills naturally considers two responses: import skills or produce them. Skill import may result in large-scale migration, which will not be to the liking of the natives. Skill production will require financial incentives, which...

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ORGANIZATION AND INEQUALITY IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY

Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

We present an equilibrium theory of the organization of work in an economywhere knowledge is an essential input in … designed to use and communicate their knowledge efficiently. Relativeto autarky, organization leads to larger cross … acquire knowledge lead to opposite implicationson wage inequality and organization than reductions in communication costs.[...] …

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The Knowledge Economy at the turn of the Twentieth Century: the Emergence of Hierarchies

Garicano, Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006

The knowledge economy is nothing new. As Chandler’s (1977) classic study documents,improvements in communication …

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