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Corporate debt restructuring: Evidence on lender coordination in financial distress

Brunner, Antje; Krahnen, Jan Pieter - Center for Financial Studies <Frankfurt, Main> - 2001

In the recent theoretical literature on lending risk, the coordination problem in multi-creditor relationships have been analyzed extensively. We address this topic empirically, relying on a unique panel data set that includes detailed credit-file information on distressed lending relationships...

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Training Background and Early Retirement

Montizaan, Raymond; Cörvers, Frank; Grip, Andries de - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that workers with firm-specific skills retire earlier. This paper tests this prediction using US data...

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Twenty-First Century Professionalism:Raising Standards and Building Trust

Scott, Alexander - Chartered Insurance Institute - 2009

A starting point to any understanding of British professions in the twenty-first century is an appreciation of what it has meant to be a profession up to this point.This is no easy task. There is no single, generally accepted definition of ‘profession’ in the English language. The term has...

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Information and Communication Technologiesand Skill Upgrading:The Role of Internal vs. External Labour Markets

Behaghel, Luc; Caroli, Eve; Walkowiak, Emmanuelle - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

requirements. They may react either by training or hiring the newskills, or by a combination of both. We first show that ICT are … evidenceof external labour market strategies based on “excess turnover”. In contrast, French firmsheavily rely on training in …

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The Impact of Training on Productivity and Wages:Firm Level Evidence

Konings, Jozef; Vanormelingen, Stijn - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010

This paper uses firm level panel data of firm provided training to estimate its impact onproductivity and wages. To … wage premium of training is estimated at 12%. Our results give support to recent theoriesthat explain work related training …

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Revisiting the Complementarity between Educationand Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasksand Firm Effects

Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed … at work are strong predictors of training participation whilepersonality traits are not. Once working tasks and other job … related characteristics arecontrolled for, the skill gap in training participation drops considerably for off …

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The globalization of labor markets and its policy implications

Frank Oskamp - 2010

analyzed in detail. Second, the interactions between two policies (hiring subsidies and training subsidies) are analyzed. Both …

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The Impact of Moral Reasoning on the Performance of Salespeople.

Shank, Mark J. - 2005

. Demographic variables; income, education, years of sales experience and ethics training were also analyzed to determine if there … questionnaire was created to gather information around income, performance, education and ethics training.Findings indicate that … variable, participation in formal ethics training did show a significant relationship with cognitive moral development among …

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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006

Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006

Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...

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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Success Story with International Cooperation

Matthews, M. - 2009

part of IAEA's Network of Centers of Excellence. The IAEA will foster cooperative training in and demonstration of waste …

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