Economics of Education Working Paper Series

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241: Do High-Stakes matter? Evidence from a Probation Policy in Higher Education

Enzo Brox and Michael Doersam

240: Multiple Pathways to Financial Literacy: Evidence on the Impact of Practical Applications of Financial Tasks and Analytical Learning

Laura Brunner, Maddalena Davoli and Uschi Backes-Gellner

239: The Effects of Expanding Higher Education on Wages and Establishments' Labor Demand

Eric Schuss

238: The Role of Vocational Training in Addressing Skilled Labor Shortages

Henrika Langen

237: It's all about maths! Skill requirements and the gender gap in occupational choice

Thea S. Zöllner

236: How Selectivity Shapes Selection

Claudio Schilter

235: Assessing the Value of Incomplete University Degrees: Experimental Evidence from HR Recruiters

Andrea Diem, Christian Gschwend and Stefan Wolter

234: Minimum Wages in the Apprenticeship Market: Adverse Effects on Labor Demand?

Henrika Langen and Michael Doersam

233: Works Councils and Apprenticeship Training: Heterogeneous Works Councils, Heterogeneous Effects?

Kathrin Weis, Samuel Muehlemann and Harald Pfeifer

232: AI Adoption and Workplace Training

Samuel Muehlemann

231: Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents

Patrick Lehnert and Harald Pfeifer

230: Gender Norms, Occupational Choices, and the Innovation Gender Gap

Andreas F. Buehler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner

229: Locked-in vs. Locked-out: Can Detracked Classes Increase Education Equality?

Valentina Sontheim

228: Competitive Peers: The Way to Higher Paying Jobs?

Claudio Schilter, Samuel Luethi and Stefan Wolter

227: Classroom versus workbench: Labour market effects of firm-based learning

Samuel Luethi

226: When patience pays off - evidence on cultural determinants of post-compulsory education achievement

Samuel Luethi and Stefan Wolter

225: Firms' training processes and their apprentices' education success

Pontus af Buren and Jürg Schweri

224: The virtues of going virtual

Daniel Goller, Chiara Graf and Stefan Wolter

223: Apprenticeship Input Demand Cyclicality of R&D and non-R&D Firms

Samuel Muehlemann, Gerard Pfann and Harald Pfeifer

222: Classroom rank in math, occupational choices and labor market outcomes

Enzo Brox, Maddalena Davoli and Maurizio Strazzeri

221: No Graduate Left Behind: Resource Configurations Enabling a Successful Labor Market Entry

Patricia Palffy, Luc Sandfort, Martin Schneider and Uschi Backes-Gellner

220: Unpacking Financial Literacy in Switzerland: Demographic Heterogeneity, Self-Perception Gaps, and Financial Fragility

Maddalena Davoli and Uschi Backes-Gellner

219: Minimum Wages and Human Capital Investment: A Meta-Regression Analysis

Chris Doucouliagos and Katarina Zigova

218: Empowering refugees: The role of comprehensive training programs in labor market integration

Chiara Zisler, Eric Bettinger and Uschi Backes-Gellner

217: Beggars cannot be choosers: The effect of labor market tightness on hiring standards, wages, and hiring costs

Carolin Linckh, Samuel Muehlemann and Harald Pfeifer

216: Are parents an obstacle to gender-atypical occupational choices?

Stefan Wolter and Thea Zoellner

215: Students' grit and their post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories: Evidence from Switzerland

Janine Albiez, Maurizio Strazzeri and Stefan Wolter

214: The impact of hiring costs for skilled workers on apprenticeship training: A comparative study

Manuel Aepli, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer, Jürg Schweri, Felix Wenzelmann and Stefan Wolter

213: How Scary is the Risk of Automation? Evidence from a Large Survey Experiment

Maria A. Cattaneo, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan Wolter

212: Pathways to Prosperity: The Roles of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills in Employer Quality and Early Career Earnings

Mahdi Gholami and Samuel Muehlemann

211: Intergenerational Mobility of Education in Europe: Geographical Patterns, Cohort-Linked Measures, and the Innovation Nexus

Sarah McNamara, Guido Neidhoefer and Patrick Lehnert

210: The Effect of Postsecondary Educational Institutions on Local Economies: A Bird's-Eye View

Patrick Lehnert, Madison Dell, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Eric Bettinger

209: "This time it's different" Generative Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Choice

Daniel Goller, Christian Gschwendt and Stefan Wolter

208: Reaching for gold! The impact of a positive reputation shock on career choice

Daniel Goller and Stefan Wolter

207: What Works for Women Does Not Work for Men: A Large Field Experiment on Countering Gendered Occupational Choices

Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner

206: A, B, or C? Question Format and the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy

Maddalena Davoli

205: Curriculum Updates in Vocational Education and Changes in Graduates' Skills and Wages

Andreas F. Buehler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner

204: Opening doors for immigrants: The importance of occupational and workplace-based cultural skills for successful labor market entry

Chiara Zisler, Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner

203: How negative labor supply shocks affect training in firms: Lessons from opening the Swiss-German border

Caroline Neuber-Pohl, Damiano Pregaldini, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Sandra Dummert and Harald Pfeifer

202: The employment effects of raising negotiated minimum wages for apprentices

Carolin Links, Caroline Neuber-Pohl and Harald Pfeifer

201: Does Ethnic Diversity in Schools Affect Occupational Choices?

Damiano Pregaldini, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

200: Berufliche Bildung als Innovationstreiber: Ein lange vernachlässigtes Forschungsfeld

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert

199: Central Exams and Adult Skills: Evidence from PIAAC

Lisa Leschnig, Guido Schwerdt and Katarina Zigova

198: The response of public education spending to changes in student cohort sizes

Samuel Luethi and Maria Zumbuehl

197: What wages do people expect for vocational and academic education backgrounds in Switzerland?

Maria A. Cattaneo

196: "The double-dividend of training" - Labour market effects of work-related continuous education in Switzerland

Stefan Denzler, Jens Ruhose and Stefan Wolter

195: Early exposure to foreign language training and students' educational trajectories

Maurizio Strazzeri, Enzo Brox, Chantal Oggenfuss and Stefan Wolter

194: Apprenticeships

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert

193: How Middle-Skilled Workers Adjust to Immigration: The Role of Occupational Skill Specificity

Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner

192: The Role of Occupational Skill Sets in the Digital Transformation: How IT Progress Shapes Returns to Specialization and Social Skills

Fabienne Kiener, Christian Eggenberger and Uschi Backes-Gellner