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The promise of workplace training for non-college bound youth: theory and evidence from German apprenticeship

Clark, Damon; Fahr, Rene - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

This paper assesses the potential of `workplace training'' with reference to German Apprenticeship. When occupational matching is important, we derive conditions under which firms provide `optimal'' training packages. Since the German system broadly meets these conditions, we evaluate the...

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Employment trajectories for mothers in low-skilled work: evidence from the British lone parent cohort

Stewart, Kitty - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax credit subsidies and support for childcare. Maternal employment is seen a central plank in the campaign against child poverty, both because it raises income immediately and...

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A question of degree: the effects of degree class on labor market outcomes

Feng, Andy; Graetz, Georg - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

In this paper we estimate the sorting effects of university degree class on initial labor market outcomes using a regression discontinuity design that exploits institutional rules governing the award of degrees. Consistent with anecdotal evidence, we find sizeable and significant effects for...

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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates

Ireland, Norman; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009

An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...

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Over-education and the skills of UK graduates

Chevalier, Arnaud; Lindley, Joanne - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

During the early Nineties the proportion of UK graduates doubled over a very short period of time. This paper investigates the effect of the expansion on early labour market attainment, focusing on over-education. We define over-education by combining occupation codes and a self-reported measure...

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The gender gap in early career wage growth

Manning, Alan; Swaffield, Joanna - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005

In the UK the gender pay gap on entry to the labour market is approximately zero but after ten years after labour market entry, there is a gender wage gap of almost 25 log points. This paper explores the reason for this gender gap in early-career wage growth, considering three main hypotheses -...

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Has job polarization squeezed the middle class? Evidence from the allocation of talents

Boehm, Michael J. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

Over the last two decades, earnings in the United States increased at the top and at the bottom of the wage distribution but not in the middle - the intensely debated middle class squeeze. At the same time there was a substantial decline of employment in middle-skill production and clerical...

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The evolution of inequality in productivity and wages: panel data evidence

Faggio, Giulia; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Van Reenen, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

untested implication of many theories rationalizing the growth of within-group inequality is that firm-level productivity … covering the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors since the early 1980s. We find evidence that productivity inequality … increase in inequality between firms (and within industries). Increased productivity dispersion appears to be linked with new …

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Right to the city and critical reflections on property rights activism in China’s urban renewal contexts

Shin, Hyun Bang - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2011

The rapid transformation of urban socio-spatial landscape in China has resulted in an increasing degree of frustration and discontent among local residents who face threats of demolition and eviction. This has given rise to sporadic protests by local residents who are often known as ‘nail...

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Minimum wages and on-the-job training

Acemoglu, Daron; Pischke, Jorn-Steffen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2002

Becker''s theory of human capital predicts that minimum wages should reduce training investments for affected workers because they prevent these workers from taking wage cuts necessary to finance training. In contrast, in noncompetitive labor markets, minimum wages tend to increase training of...

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