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The Impact of Continuous Training on a Firm’s Innovations

Bauernschuster, Stefan; Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

implement them. Both of these knowledge-based elements of innovation can be attained through moderate labor force turnover in …Keeping up with rapid technological change necessitates constant innovation. Successful innovation depends on both … incumbent workers’ knowledge, based on experience, and knowledge about the latest technologies, along with the skills needed to …

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Training Propensity of Start-ups in Switzerland - A Study Based on Data for the Start-up Cohort 1996-97

Arvanitis, Spyros; Stucki, Tobias - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

This study is based on data of a cohort of Swiss firms that were founded in 1996/97. In the year 2000 data were collected by means of a postal survey among those firms, which still existed by that time. In 2003 and 2006 two further surveys were conducted among the participants of the respective...

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Are Firm Innovativeness and Firm Age Relevant for the Supply of Vocational Training? – A Study Based on Swiss Micro Data

Arvanitis, Spyros - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008

intensity of apprentice training as measured by the employment share of apprentices. Innovation, firm age and competition … employment, innovation activities, firm age, labour costs, capital intensity, and competitive pressures all play a positive or …

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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants: Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland

Kunz, Johannes S. - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...

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Monopsony power, pay structure and training

Muehlemann, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C.; Ryan, Paul - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2011

Although interest in monopsonistic influences on labour market outcomes has revived in recent years, only a few empirical studies provide direct evidence on it. This paper analyses empirically the effect of monopsony power on pay structure, using a direct measure of labour market ÔthinnessÕ....

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Absenteeism in Apprenticeships: What Role Do Works Councils Play?

Pfeifer, Harald - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

This paper examines the influence of works councils on apprenticesÕ absence from the workplace in Germany. The analysis draws on merged administrative and survey data, including information on the cumulated days apprentices are absent from work due to sickness. On average, apprentices are...

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Differences in Initial Training and Wages of Japanese Engineering and Retailing Companies - Who Pays for Higher Training Costs?

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Teuber, Silvia; Futagami, Shiho; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

The optimal human resource and skill development strategy is one important factor of economic success. This paper, therefore, analyzes industry-specific differences in the training provision between engineering and retailing companies in Japan and focuses in particular on the initial training...

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Labor Market Effects of Adult Education Vouchers: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger; Wolter, Stefan C.; … - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governmentsÕ ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average...

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Heterogeneous Returns to Education Over Wage Distribution: Who Prots the Most?

Balestra, Simone; Backes-Gellner, Uschi - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2013

This study presents evidence of heterogeneous returns to education over the wage distribution. The authors use instrumental variable quantile regression and data from the Swiss Labor Force Survey to identify the causal link between education and wages at dierent quantiles of the conditional...

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Shooting for the Stars and Failing: The Effect of College Dropout on Self-Esteem

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Hoeschler, Peter - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2014

This study investigates the impact of finishing versus dropping out of college on self-esteem. Using data spanning three decades from the U.S. National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we find that dropping out of a four-year college significantly decreases self-esteem compared to graduating. In...

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