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We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational attainment and the labor market returns of a...
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We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with vacant skilled job slots can choose between recruitment...
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endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple … distribution of abilities in the population and on the marginal contribution of each ability type to individual productivity. It is …
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This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off the job, using a unique dataset based on a survey of Thai employees conducted in the summer of 2001. We find a significant and negative relationship between educational...
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I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and subsequent earnings growth. show that individuals with more education have more to lose in terms of subsequent earnings growth from the experience of unemployment. This result...
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, if the increase in productivity after training is greater than the increase in pay.<BR>Dans la théorie de Becker [1964 …
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endowed with both academic and non-academic abilities and both abilities matter for labour productivity. We develop a simple …
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We study the relationship between (log) current earnings and educational levels in Italy. In line with other international evidence, we find that OLS under-estimate the marginal return to additional education. When the endogeneity of educational choice is taken into account, the marginal return...
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endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labour productivity. We develop a simple … abilities in the population and on the marginal contribution of each ability type to individual productivity. It is also not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011608538
The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European average, educational attainment is generally much lower...
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