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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work : from Tayloristic to holistic organization

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks and learning across tasks). We examine four driving forces behind this …

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International migration and the economics of language

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014

This paper provides a review of the research on the ‘economics of language' as applied to international migration. Its primary focuses are on: (1) the effect of the language skills of an individual on the choice of destination among international (and internal) migrants, both in terms of the...

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Heterogeneity in the production of human capital

Polachek, Solomon W.; Das, Tirthatanmoy; … - 2013

We derive a tractable nonlinear earnings function which we estimate separately for each individual in the NLSY79 data. These estimates yield five important parameters for each individual: three ability measures (two representing the ability to learn and one the ability to earn), a rate of skill...

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College attrition and the dynamics of information revelation

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2023

We examine how informational frictions impact schooling and work outcomes. To do so, we estimate a dynamic structural model where individuals face uncertainty about their academic ability and productivity, which respectively determine their schooling utility and wages. Our framework accounts for...

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Ferreira Sequeda, Maria; Künn-Nelen, Annemarie; Grip, … - 2016

learning on the job are related to employee skill development and consider the heterogeneity of this relationship with respect … capital theory – that employees who participated in training or informal learning show greater improvement of their skills … than those who did not. The contribution of informal learning to employee skill development appears to be larger than that …

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