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Apprenticeship training and the business cycle
Dual apprenticeship training is a market-driven form of education at the upper secondary level, taking place in fir ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Switzerland; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Apprenticeship; Secondary education; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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Employer learning and the returns to schooling
We examine the dynamic role of education and experience as determinants of wages. It is hypothesised that an employ ... Show more
Date: 2000
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Outcomes; Income; Research ... [+] Show more
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Entrepreneurship and market size: the case of young college graduates in Italy
We analyze empirically the effects of urban agglomeration on Italian college graduates' work possibilities as entre ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Italy; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Students; Employment; Demographics ... [+] Show more
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Firm-specific human capital: a skills-weights approach
One problem with the theory of firm-specific human capital is that it is difficult to generate convincing examples ... Show more
Date: 2003
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Economics
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On the robustness of brain gain estimates
Recent theoretical studies suggest that migration prospects can raise the expected return to human capital and thus ... Show more
Date: 2009
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Economics; Migration; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Disability and skill mismatch
This paper integrates two strands of literature on overskilling and disability using the 2004 British Workplace Emp ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Disability; Labour market; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Technology and the demand for skill: an analysis of within and between firm differences
We estimate the effects of technology investments on the demand for skilled workers using longitudinally integrated ... Show more
Date: 2007
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Technology; Skills and knowledge; Research ... [+] Show more
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Employee training and wage compression in Britain
We use linked data for 1,460 workplaces and 19,853 employees from the Workplace Employee Relations Survey 1998 to a ... Show more
Date: 2004
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Qualifications; Industry; Income ... [+] Show more
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A history of Canadian recruitment of highly skilled immigrants: circa 1980-2001
This paper identifies the types of immigrants that Canada has recruited to foster modern Canadian economic developm ... Show more
Date: 2006
Geographic subjects: North America; Canada
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Statistics; Employment ... [+] Show more
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The importance of heterogeneity when examining immigrant education-occupation mismatch: evidence from New Zealand
Many immigrants are overqualified in their first job after arrival in the host country. Education-occupation mismat ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: New Zealand; Oceania
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Migration; Qualifications; Labour market