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Does Having a Cadre Parent Pay? Evidence from the First Job Offers of Chinese College Graduates

Hongbin, Li - 2012

We estimate the wage premium associated with having a cadre parent in China using a recent survey of college graduates …

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The Re-Engagement in Education of Early School Leavers

Black, David - 2011

By OECD standards, the share of the Australian labour force with at least a secondary school qualification is low. One way to rectify this shortfall is to improve rates of re-engagement in education among early school leavers. This paper examines the patterns of re-engagement among early school...

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Inequality of Opportunity in the Labour Market Entry of Graduates in Italy

Luongo, Patrizia - 2011

graduates. By using an Italian survey data on the transition from university to work, we focus on the probability to get a job …

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Lost in Transition? Labour Market Entry Sequences of School Leavers in Europe

Brzinsky-Fay, Christian - 2010

School-to-work transitions consist not just of one single event but of a sequence of transitions that varies significantly across both individuals and countries. In this article, I examine sequences of labour market statuses in 10 European countries using explorative methods of optimal matching...

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The Determinants of Education-Job Match Among Canadian University Graduates

Boudarbat, Brahim - 2009

This study uses data from the Follow-up of Graduates Survey Class of 2000, to look at the determinants of education …-job for Canadian university graduates. From a public policy perspective, the question of education-job match is relevant given … education-job match. In addition, the level of education (i.e. graduates with a postgraduate degree vs. a bachelor degree), as …

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The Importance of Being an Optimist : Evidence from Labor Markets

Kaniel, Ron - 2014

Dispositional optimism is a personality trait associated with individuals who believe, either rightly or wrongly, that in general good things tend to happen to them more often than bad things. Using a novel longitudinal data set that tracks the job search performance of MBA students, we show...

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Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?

Pietro, Giorgio Di - 2013

conducted to explore their benefits. Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the … have on the employment prospects of graduates from disadvantaged backgrounds …

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Crime Scars : Recessions and the Making of Career Criminals

Bell, Brian - 2014

Recessions lead to short-term job loss, lower levels of happiness and decreasing income levels. There is growing evidence that workers who first join the labour market during economic downturns suffer from poor job matches that have a sustained detrimental effect on their wages and career...

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The importance of social skills in recovery from graduating in a recession

Kim, Sun Hyung - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 205 (2023), pp. 387-411

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Determinants of school-to-work transition : global outlook

Choudhry, Misbah Tanveer; Pastore, Francesco - In: International journal of manpower 44 (2023) 6, pp. 989-999

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