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Testing the validity of item non-response as a proxy for cognitive and non-cognitive skills
New, Sonja C. de; Schurer, Stefanie; Leung, Felix - 2015
paradata. Fraction answered captures a third of the effect of cognitive ability on wages and education. We provide a simple …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488164
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Microeconometric analyses on determinants of individual labour market outcomes
Simon, Lisa - 2019
This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using … terms of credibility, relevance, and expectedness by gender and education level. Females are particularly rewarded for IT … and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971651
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Education, skills & labor-market success : microeconometric analyses using large-scale skills assessments
Hampf, Franziska - 2020
Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education … of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays investigating various aspects of the link between education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194172
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A cross-country study of skills and unemployment flows
Stijepić, Damir - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-30
Using an international survey that directly assesses the cognitive skills of the adult population, I study the relation between skills and unemployment flows across 37 countries. Depending on the specifically assessed domain, I document that skills have an unconditional correlation with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506887
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Does initial vocational training foster innovativeness at the company level? : evidence from German establishment data
Matthies, Eike; Haverkamp, Katarzyna; Thomä, Jörg; … - 2021
While an increasing number of conceptual studies postulate that vocational education and training (VET) activities have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495922
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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
effect of a policy reform. Chapters 2 to 4 provide a contribution to the literature on economics of education and investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
. Choices of higher-education programs and of occupations do not appear major channels of this result. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307069
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The Information Value of Central School Exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
. Choices of higher-education programs and of occupations do not appear major channels of this result. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307322
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Human Capital Formation in Germany: An Untapped Potential
Klös, Hans-Peter; Plünnecke, Axel - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 39-45
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696454
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Central school exit exams and labor-market outcomes
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2012
Many countries use centralized exit exams as a governance devise of the school system. While abundant evidence suggests positive effects of central exams on achievement tests, previous research on university-bound students shows no effects on subsequent earnings. We suggest that labor-market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288247