Economics of Education Working Paper Series

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87: Which firms train disadvantaged youth?

Jens Mohrenweiser

86: Invest in the best or compensate the weak? An empirical analysis of the heterogeneity of a firm's provision of human capital

Samuel Muehlemann, Romy Braendli and Stefan Wolter

85: Kann man mit dem öffentlichen Beschaffungswesen Lehrstellen fördern?

Mirjam Strupler Leiser and Stefan Wolter

84: Duale Berufsbildung wird unterschaetzt. Akademiker starten nicht immer von der Poleposition

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Sara Brunner

83: The effect of labor market regulations on training behavior and quality: the German labor market reform as a natural experiment

Anika Jansen, Mirjam Strupler Leiser, Felix Wenzelmann and Stefan Wolter

82: How do companies adjust their organization to national institutions: evidence from matched-pair engineering companies

Silvia Teuber and Uschi Backes-Gellner

81: The returns to occupation-specific human capital - Evidence from mobility after training

Barbara Mueller and Jürg Schweri

80: Training Participation of a Firm's Aging Workforce

Christian Pfeifer, Simon Janssen, Philip Yang and Uschi Backes-Gellner

79: Learning for a bonus: How financial incentives interact with preferences

Uschi Backes-Gellner and Yvonne Oswald

78: Educational diversity and individual pay: The advantages of combining academic and VET graduates in the workplace

Simone Tuor Sartore and Uschi Backes-Gellner

77: The structure of hiring costs in Germany - evidence from firm-level data

Samuel Muehlemann and Harald Pfeifer

76: Revisiting system theories in Strategic Human Resource Management - A set-theoretic analysis of high performing firms in the UK

Johannes Meuer and Henric van der Ent

75: Apprentice pay in Britain, Germany and Switzerland: institutions, market forces, market power

Paul Ryan, Uschi Backes-Gellner, Silvia Teuber and Karin Wagner

74: How firms' participation in apprenticeship training fosters knowledge diffusion and innovation

Christian Rupietta and Uschi Backes-Gellner

73: Recruitment and Apprenticeship Training

Jens Mohrenweiser

72: When a Door Closes, a Window Opens? Long-term Labor Market Effects of Involuntary Separations

Simone Balestra and Uschi Backes-Gellner

71: How Acid are Lemons? Adverse Selection and Signalling for Skilled Labour Market Entrants

Robert Wagner and Thomas Zwick

70: Competing in the Higher Education Market: Empirical Evidence for Economies of Scale and Scope in German Higher Education Institutions

Maria Olivares and Heike Wetzel

69: Beurteilung von Hochschulen anhand der Arbeitsmarktfähigkeit ihrer Absolventen und Absolventinnen: Eine Analyse der Schweizer Universitäten

Andrea Diem and Stefan Wolter

68: Individual policy preferences for vocational versus academic education: Microlevel evidence for the case of Switzerland

Marius Busemeyer, Maria Cattaneo and Stefan Wolter

67: The Effects of Training on Own and Co-Worker Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Andries de Grip and Jan Sauermann

66: The Use of Bibliometrics to Measure Research Performance in Education Sciences

Andrea Diem and Stefan Wolter

65: Reverse Educational Spillovers at the Firm Level

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Christian Rupietta and Simone Tuor Sartore

64: Apprenticeship: between theory and practice, school and workplace

Paul Ryan

63: Skill obsolescence, vintage effects and changing tasks

Simon Janssen and Uschi Backes-Gellner

62: Heterogeneous Wage Effects of Apprenticeship Training

Kathrin Goeggel and Thomas Zwick

61: Effects of Training on Employee Suggestions and Promotions in an Internal Labor Market

Christian Pfeifer, Simon Janssen, Philip Yang and Uschi Backes-Gellner

60: What drives the intentions of crafts apprentices to change their employer or occupation? An empirical study in the crafts sector

Robert Wagner and Maximilian Wolf

59: Quereinsteiger in den Lehrberuf am Beispiel der schweizerischen Berufsbildung

Stefanie Hof, Mirjam Strupler and Stefan Wolter

58: Part-time work and employer-provided training: boon to women and bane to men?

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Yvonne Oswald and Simone Tuor Sartore

57: Works councils, collective bargaining and apprenticeship training

Ben Kriechel, Samuel Muehlemann, Harald Pfeifer and Miriam Schuette

56: Wer hat Angst vor Schulwahl?

Andrea Diem and Stefan Wolter

55: Corporate Ownership and Initial Training in Britain, Germany and Switzerland

Paul Ryan, Karin Wagner, Silvia Teuber and Uschi Backes-Gellner

54: Can a standardized aptitude test predict training success of apprentices? Evidence from a case study in Switzerland

Michael Siegenthaler

53: The consequences of being different - Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition

Barbara Mueller and Stefan Wolter

52: Career Entry and Success After Tertiary Vocational Education

Regula Geel and Uschi Backes-Gellner

51: Poaching and Firm-Sponsored Training

Jens Mohrenweiser, Thomas Zwick and Uschi Backes-Gellner

50: Differences between entrepreneurs and employees in their educational paths

Uschi Backes-Gellner, Simone Tuor Sartore and Daniela Wettstein

49: Earning While Learning: Labor Market Returns to Student Employment During Tertiary Education

Regula Geel and Uschi Backes-Gellner

48: Wenn das Naechstgelegene die erste Wahl ist - Der Einfluss der geographischen Mobilitaet der Studierenden auf die Hochschullandschaft Schweiz

Stefan Denzler and Stefan Wolter

47: Occupational Mobility Within and Between Skill Clusters: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Skill-Weights Approach

Regula Geel and Uschi Backes-Gellner

46: Time - Even More Costly Than Money: Training Costs of Workers and Firms

Simone Tuor Sartore and Uschi Backes-Gellner

45: Good Occupation - Bad Occupation? The Quality of Apprenticeship Training

Kathrin Goeggel and Thomas Zwick

44: Berufswechsel beim Uebergang von der Lehre in den Arbeitsmarkt

Jürg Schweri and Barbara Mueller

43: Marijuana Consumption, Educational Outcomes and Labor Market Success: Evidence from Switzerland

Donata Bessey and Uschi Backes-Gellner

42: Kann man mit Gutscheinen die Weiterbildungsbeteiligung steigern? Resultate aus einem wissenschaftlichen Feldexperiment

Dolores Messer and Stefan Wolter

41: Laufbahnentscheide im Lehrberuf aus bildungsoekonomischer Sicht

Stefan Denzler and Stefan Wolter

40: Dropping out and revising educational decisions: Evidence from vocational education

Donata Bessey and Uschi Backes-Gellner

39: Erfassung der Wirkung von Lehrerprofessionalitaet aus bildungsoekonomischer Perspektive

Silvia Teuber, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Johannes Mure

38: Specificity of Occupational Training and Occupational Mobility: An Empirical Study Based on Lazear's Skill-Weights Approach

Regula Geel, Johannes Mure and Uschi Backes-Gellner