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Determinants of employer-provided further training: a multi-level approach
We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further train ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Workforce development; Vocational education and training ... [+] Show more
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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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Who becomes an entrepreneur?: labor market prospects and occupational choice
Why do some people become entrepreneurs (and others don't)? Why are firms so heterogeneous and many firms so small? ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Performance; Research; Statistics ... [+] 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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A parametric control function approach to estimating the returns to schooling in the absence of exclusion restrictions: an application to the NLSY
An innovation which bypasses the need for instruments when estimating endogenous treatment effects is identificatio ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: United States; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Outcomes; Statistics; Youth
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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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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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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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Estimating the returns to firm-sponsored on-the-job and classroom training
In this paper, we estimate returns to classroom and on-the-job firm-sponsored training in terms of value-added per ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Canada; North America
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Outcomes; Vocational education and training; Statistics ... [+] 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