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Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …
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Depreciatie van menselijk kapitaal
Didier, Fouarge; de, Grip Andries - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
Het menselijk kapitaal van werknemers kan verouderen wanneer bepaalde vaardigheden onvoldoende gebruikt worden en daardoor deels verloren gaan of doordat technologische en organisatorische innovaties van het productieproces nieuwe eisen stellen aan de kennis en vaardigheden van werknemers. In...
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Leren en werken
Didier, Fouarge; de, Grip Andries; Annemarie, Nelen - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009
Het belang van leren en werken wordt steeds nijpender. Als gevolg van de ontwikkeling van een dynamische kenniseconomie is het noodzakelijk om het kennisniveau van de werkenden op peil te houden via leren op het werk. Deze noodzaak wordt versterkt door de vergrijzing van de beroepsbevolking.Het...
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Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
Didier, Fouarge; Trudie, Schils; de, Grip Andries - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
Several studies document the fact that low-educated workers participate less often infurther training than high-educated workers. The economic literature suggests thatthere is no significant difference in employer willingness to train low-educated workers,which leaves the question of why the low...
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Arbeidsmarktmonitor Metalektro. Editie 2011
van, Breugel Gerla; Didier, Fouarge; de, Grip Andries; … - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2011
Dit rapport presenteert de belangrijkste bevindingen van de Arbeidsmarktmonitor Metalektro 2010. Deze zijn gebaseerd op de uitgebreide internetvragenlijst die in juli 2010 en januari 2011 door het Werkgeverspanel van Metalektrobedrijven is ingevuld. In elke meting zijn vragen beantwoord met...
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Arbeidsmarktmonitor Metalektro 2011
Didier, Fouarge; de, Grip Andries; Ben, Kriechel; van, … - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2012
De Arbeidsmarktmonitor Metalektro 2011 bevat analyses van de actuele en toekomstige ontwikkelingen op personeels- en arbeidsmarktgebied in de Nederlandse Metalektro. De hoofdmoot van de bevindingen is gebaseerd op uitgebreide internetvragenlijsten die in juli 2011 en januari 2012 door het...
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Learning to Take Risks? The Effect of Education on Risk-Taking in Financial Markets
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Lundborg, Petter; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We investigate whether acquiring more education when young has long-term effects on risk-taking behavior in financial … are more likely to invest in the stock market. However, little is known about whether this is a causal effect of education … or whether it arises from the correlation of education with unobserved characteristics. Using exogenous variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206862
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Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
Didier, Fouarge; Trudie, Schils; de, Grip Andries - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2010
Several studies document the fact that low-educated workers participate less often infurther training than high-educated workers. The economic literature suggests thatthere is no significant difference in employer willingness to train low-educated workers,which leaves the question of why the low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646231
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Intergenerational return to human capital
Devereux, Paul J. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education may make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of … inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive interventions to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764641
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CARE OR CASH? THE EFFECT OF CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE.
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Løken, Katrine V.; … - Institutt for Økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen - 2012
Many countries have implemented childcare subsidies in an effort to help families; in the United States, the government created the Child Care and Development Fund in 1996, which provides public funds for childcare assistance to low-income families. Despite the importance of the issue, little is...
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