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Technical education, non-cognitive skills and labor market outcomes : experimental evidence from Brazil

Camargo, Juliana; Lima, Lycia; Riva, Flavio; Souza, … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 10 (2021) 1, pp. 1-34

effects of the program on school progression, labor market outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Our intention-to-treat estimates … outcomes and non-cognitive skills. Employment rose by 21 percentage points (or approximately 33%) and the gains in earnings are … of more than 50%. Also, women who received the offer scored 0.5σ higher on the synthetic index of non-cognitive skills …

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The long-term effects of job training on labor market and skills outcomes in Chile

Doerr, Annabelle; Novella, Rafael - 2020

' skills and most labor outcomes but some evidence of a effect on labor income. We also find evidence of heterogeneous effects …

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Does investment in education and health impact youth employment outcomes? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16

Labour engagement, underutilization and unemployment has dominated discourse in development literature in developing economies. It tangentially dictates the direction of migration, gross domestic output and in some cases, youth restiveness. This study investigated the unique relationship between...

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Socio-demographic potential of human resources in the Visegrad regions

Koišová, Eva; Masárová, Jana; Ivanová, Eva - In: Journal of business economics and management 22 (2021) 4, pp. 1026-1046

main research method in order to identify the groups of regions where measures need to be taken to maintain regional …

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Lead exposure and cognitive skills in a developing country : evidence from toxic sites in Indonesia

Berkhout, Emilie; Maulana, Sandy; Molato, Rhea; Park, Albert - 2025

We provide causal evidence from a developing country context that children exposed to lead at a young age exhibit worse cognitive outcomes. We exploit variation in exposure to leadcontaminated toxic sites in Indonesia and estimate a two-way fixed effects model using variation in age at first...

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Global divergence in the de-routinization of jobs

Lewandowski, Piotr; Park, Albert; Schotte, Simone - 2023

implications. Investment in skills, technology use, and participation in global value chains are key factors for work content and …

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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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Size, value effects and the explanatory power of pricing models : evidence from BSE listed Indian industries

Sharma, Bhumiswor; Srikanth P; Suresha B. - In: Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice 30 (2022) 2, pp. 1-17

The firm size and value anomalies are the global-level counterpart for explaining the cross-sectional variations of equity returns. The purpose of this paper is to examine the size, value effects and the explanatory power of three well-known pricing models - CAPM, three-and five-factor across...

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Test-based measurement of skill mismatch : a validation of five different measurement approaches using the NEPS

Bischof, Stephan - In: Journal for labour market research 58 (2024) 1, pp. 1-17

Skill mismatch is a key indicator of labour market research that has received significant attention. To date, various approaches of test-based measurement of skill mismatch have been used in research, generating differing results. However, it remains unclear which method is the most valid for...

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Are Poles stuck in overeducation? : individual dynamics of educational mismatch in Poland

Baran, Jan Aleksander - In: Baltic journal of economics 24 (2024) 1, pp. 145-179

The paper investigates the short-run job mobility of educationally mismatched workers, examining the validity of the Sicherman-Galor hypothesis, which predicts that overeducation is a temporary condition from a worker's perspective associated with higher upward occupational and wage mobility....

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