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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may p ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; Sweden
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Participation; Adult and community education; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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School-to-career and post-secondary education: evidence from the Philadelphia Educational Longitudinal Study
We study a set of programs implemented in Philadelphia high schools that focus on boosting post-secondary enrollmen ... Show more
Date: 2005
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Research; Statistics; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
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Learning but not earning?: the value of Job Corps training for Hispanic youths
The National Job Corps Study (NJCS) was a four-year longitudinal social experiment that randomized over 15,000 Job ... Show more
Date: 2005
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Youth; Demographics ... [+] Show more
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Return to training and establishment size: a reexamination of the size-wage puzzle
The paper reexamines the employer size-wage puzzle using NLSY79 [National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979] data. ... Show more
Date: 2009
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Income; Research; Statistics ... [+] Show more
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Labor market dynamics in Tunisia: the issue of youth unemployment
This paper analyzes the dynamics of the youth labor market in Tunisia using unique labor force survey data from 200 ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Tunisia; Africa
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Youth; Labour market; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Training background and early retirement
Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored p ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Statistics; Workforce development; Research ... [+] Show more
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Job search and job finding in a period of mass unemployment: evidence from high-frequency longitudinal data
This paper presents findings from a survey of 6,025 unemployed workers who were interviewed every week for up to 24 ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Statistics; Employment; Income
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Imperfect information, on-the-job training, and the employer size-wage puzzle: theory and evidence
This paper develops a two-period labor market model with imperfect information and on-the-job training, and uses da ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Labour market; Workforce development; Statistics ... [+] Show more
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Returns for entrepreneurs vs. employees: the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vs. wage employees
How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differen ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Performance; Income; Career development ... [+] Show more
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Long-term impact of youth minimum wages: evidence from two decades of individual longitudinal data
This paper quantifies the long-run impact of exposure to youth minimum wages and sheds light on its mechanisms. It ... Show more
Date: 2009
Geographic subjects: Portugal; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Youth; Statistics; Income ... [+] Show more