Several commentators have argued that vocational education provides a smoother school to work transition than academic … indicate that the initial advantage associated to vocational education declines over time, without turning however into a …. Overall, our evidence suggests that vocational education is associated to lower expected long-term utility only for the …

Several commentators have argued that vocational education provides a smoother school to work transition than academic … indicate that the initial advantage associated to vocational education declines over time, without turning however into a …. Overall, our evidence suggests that vocational education is associated to lower expected long-term utility only for the …

endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple …

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …

This paper studies human-capital formation, labor-supply, and retirement decisions associated with four alternative … income to the elderly as old-age benefits, paid independently of labor-market status. This holds with both Bismarckian and …

estimate education returns of wage earners and the self-employed in Portugal and in Spain. Our examination reveals several …

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …