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The Inter-Related Dynamics of Dual Job Holding, Human Capital and Occupational Choice
Pouliakas, Konstantinos; Panos, Georgios; Zangelidis, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The inter-related dynamics of dual job-holding, human capital and occupational choice between primary and secondary jobs are investigated, using a panel sample (1991-2005) of UK employees from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). A sequential profile of the working lives of employees is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034363
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A Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Occupational Choices, and Job Search
Sullivan, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines career choices using a dynamic structural model that nests a job search model within a human capital model of occupational and educational choices. Individuals in the model decide when to attend school and when to move between firms and occupations over the course of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005626893
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A Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Occupational Choices, and Job Search
Sullivan, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines career choices using a dynamic structural model that nests a job search model within a human capital model of occupational and educational choices. Individuals in the model decide when to attend school and when to move between firms and occupations over the course of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789291
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A Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Occupational Choices, and Job Search
Sullivan, Paul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper examines career choices using a dynamic structural model that nests a job search model within a human capital model of occupational and educational choices. Individuals in the model decide when to attend school and when to move between firms and occupations over the course of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835766
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Why do Employees Leave Their Jobs for Self-Employment? – The Impact of Entrepreneurial Working Conditions in Small Firms
Werner, Arndt; Moog, Petra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Based on the finding that entrepreneurs who found new firms tend to work as employees of small rather than large firms prior to start-up, we test how different working conditions, which enhance entrepreneurial learning, affect their decision to become entrepreneurs when moderated by firm size....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008540973
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Déterminants de la participation au marché du travail et choix occupationnel: une analyse microéconométrique appliquée au cas de l'Algérie
Lassassi, Moundir; Hammouda, Nacer-Eddine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
mismatch between characterized supply by a population increasingly educated and labor demand characterized by job creation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009643754
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Institutions, Family and Economic Performance
Cid, Alejandro; Viana, Luis; Presno, Ignacio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
It is usual to formulate policies that react on the consequences, not the causes of family structure. In the design of policies, it is important to consider that institutions evolve in response to individual incentives and affect the performance of political and economic systems. Formal rules...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114063
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Immigration, Human Capital and the Welfare of Natives
Eberhard, Juan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
decisions. To assess the impact of immigration, I compare simulated earnings in the presence of immigration with a series of … counterfactual experiments. My findings suggest that immigration has a small negative direct effect on earnings, but a positive and … 60% of the variations in earnings caused by immigration. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108162
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Modeling an Immigration Shock
Boldrin, Michele; Montes, Ana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
In this paper, we model an overlapping generation economy affected by an unexpected immigration shock and determine how … households would insure themselves against "immigration risks" efficiently. We use the model to study the impact of immigration … pensions that mimics efficient complete market allocation. We also show the impact of immigration shocks in a small open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113555
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Intergenerational mobility in educational & occupational attainment: a comparative study of social classes in India
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Discrimination against specific ethnic groups transcends the boundary of current generation and perpetuates across future generations as well. This is manifested as low Intergenerational Mobility in terms of both Education and Occupation in developing countries in general, and among specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108028