Economics of Education Working Paper Series

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138: The Development of Non-Cognitive Skills in Adolescence

Peter Hoeschler, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

137: So similar and yet so different: A comparative analysis of a firm's net costs and post-apprenticeship training benefits in Austria and Switzerland

Luca Moretti, Martin Mayerl, Samuel Muehlemann, Peter Schloegl and Stefan Wolter

136: Another piece of the puzzle: Firms' investment in training as optimization of skills inventory

Harald Pfeifer and Uschi Backes-Gellner

135: Gender, willingness to compete and career choices along the whole ability distribution

Thomas Buser, Noemi Peter and Stefan Wolter

134: Where Does the Good Shepherd Go? Civic Virtue and Sorting into Public Sector Employment

Adam Ayaita, Filiz Guelal and Philip Yang

133: You get what you 'pay' for: Academic attention, career incentives and changes in publication portfolios of business and economics researchers

Adam Ayaita, Kerstin Pull and Uschi Backes-Gellner

132: Additional Career Assistance and Educational Outcomes for Students in Lower Track Secondary Schools

Bernd Fitzenberger and Stefanie Stefanie Licklederer

131: Firms' knowledge acquisition during dual-track VET: Which sources are important for innovativeness?

Christian Rupietta, Harald Pfeifer and Uschi Backes-Gellner

129: Class Size in Early Grades, Student Grit and Later School Outcomes

Jana Gross, Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

128: Do migrants prefer academic to vocational education? The role of rational factors vs. social status considerations in the formation of attitudes toward a particular type of education in Switzerland

Aurelien Abrassart, Marius R. Busemeyer, Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan Wolter

127: Wie weiter nach der obligatorischen Schule? Bildungsentscheidungen und -verlaeufe der PISA-Kohorte 2012 in der Schweiz

Maria Zumbuehl and Stefan Wolter

126: Die Berufsbildung in der Pole-Position. Die Einstellungen der Schweizer Bevoelkerung zum Thema Allgemeinbildung vs. Berufsbildung

Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan Wolter

125: Wie viel darf es kosten und wer soll es bezahlen? Einstellungen der Schweizer Bevoelkerung zu Fragen der Finanzierung des Bildungswesens

Maria A. Cattaneo and Stefan Wolter

124: Only the brave? Risk and time preferences of decision makers and firms' investment in worker training

Anika Jansen, Harald Pfeifer and Julia Raecke

123: The Impact of High School Exit Exams on Graduation Rates and Achievement

Katherine Caves and Simone Balestra

122: Veraenderungen in der gruppenspezifischen Nutzung von ganztaegigen Schulangeboten - Laengsschnittanalysen fuer den Primarbereich

Jan Marcus, Janina Nemitz and Katharina Spiess

121: Information Advantages of Training Employers Despite Credible Training Certificates

Jens Mohrenweiser, Gabriele Wydra-Somaggio and Thomas Zwick

120: Subjective completion beliefs and the demand for post-secondary education

Johannes Kunz and Kevin Staub

119: Teacher Literacy and Numeracy Skills: International Evidence from PIAAC and ALL

Bart Golsteyn, Stan Vermeulen and Inge de Wolf

118: Lost in Transition: The Influence of Locus of Control on Delaying Educational Decisions

Katharina Jaik and Stefan Wolter

117: Regional Innovation Effects of Applied Research Institutions

Curdin Pfister, Miriam Koomen, Dietmar Harhoff and Uschi Backes-Gellner

116: The more they spend, the more I earn? Firms' training investments and post-training wages of apprentices

Hans Dietrich, Harald Pfeifer and Felix Wenzelmann

115: The more, the better? The impact of instructional time on student performance

Maria A. Cattaneo, Chantal Oggenfuss and Stefan Wolter

114: The role of paternal risk attitudes in long-run education outcomes and intergenerational mobility

Mathias Huebener

113: The retention effect of training – portability, visibility, and credibility

Daniel Dietz and Thomas Zwick

112: Occupational Tasks and Wage Inequality in West Germany: A Decomposition Analysis

Miriam Koomen and Uschi Backes-Gellner

111: Ten Facts You Need To Know About Hiring

Samuel Muehlemann and Mirjam Strupler

110: Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants: Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland

Johannes Kunz

109: Hiring Costs for Skilled Workers and the Supply of Firm-Provided Training

Marc Blatter, Samuel Muehlemann, Samuel Schenker and Stefan Wolter

108: Reducing university dropout rates with entrance tests – self-fulfilling prophecy or high quality students

Mirjam Strupler Leiser and Stefan Wolter

107: The Relative Importance of Type of Education and Subject Area: Empirical Evidence for Educational Decisions

Curdin Pfister, Simone Tuor Sartore and Uschi Backes-Gellner

106: Occupational Specificity: A new Measurement Based on Training Curricula and its Effect on Labor Market Outcomes

Christian Eggenberger, Miriam Rinawi and Uschi Backes-Gellner

105: Layers of co-existing innovation systems

Johannes Meuer, Christian Rupietta and Uschi Backes-Gellner

104: Firms' method of pay and the retention of apprentices

Miriam Rinawi and Uschi Backes-Gellner

103: Labour market transitions after layoffs: the role of occupational skills

Miriam Rinawi and Uschi Backes-Gellner

102: Heterogeneous effects of pupil-to-teacher ratio policies - A look at class size reduction and teacher aide

Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

101: Are the education policy preferences of teachers just a reflection of their occupational concerns?

Chantal Oggenfuss and Stefan Wolter

100: Shooting for the Stars and Failing: College Dropout and Self-Esteem

Peter Hoeschler and Uschi Backes-Gellner

99: Monopsony power, pay structure and training

Samuel Muehlemann, Paul Ryan and Stefan Wolter

98: Absenteeism in Apprenticeships: What Role Do Works Councils Play?

Harald Pfeifer

97: Benefits of Apprenticeship Training and Recent Challenges - Empirical Results and Lessons from Switzerland and Germany

Uschi Backes-Gellner

96: Does Private Tutoring Work? The Effectiveness of Private Tutoring: A Nonparametric Bounds Analysis

Stefanie Hof

95: The Costs of Recruiting Apprentices: Evidence from German Firm-Level Data

Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer and Felix Wenzelmann

94: Labor Market Effects of Adult Education Vouchers: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment

Dolores Messer, Guido Schwerdt, Ludger Woessmann and Stefan Wolter

93: Positive Effects of Ageing and Age-Diversity in Innovative Companies - Large Scale Evidence on Company Productivity

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Stephan Veen

92: Der Einfluss der Internationalisierung auf die arbeitsmarktorientierte Bildung

Samuel Muehlemann

91: Heterogeneous Returns to Education Over Wage Distribution: Who Profits the Most?

Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

90: Differences in Initial Training and Wages of Japanese Engineering and Retailing Companies - Who Pays for Higher Training Costs?

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Shiho Futagami, Silvia Teuber and Andrea Willi

89: Combining knowledge stock and knowledge flow to generate superior incremental innovation performance - Evidence from Swiss manufacturing

Christian Rupietta and Uschi Backes-Gellner

88: Are multinational teams more successful?

Hartmut Haas and Stephan Nuesch