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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Occupational choice"”.
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Finding Sanctuary: The Occupational Choice of Animal Shelter Work
… data provides evidence that these antecedents to occupational choice are insufficient. Instead, I find that my respondents’ occupational choice is processual; multiple pathways, false starts, and changes in the life course combine to precede entry. Rich insights into the role of process in …
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The Female Occupational Selection Process: Atypicality of Occupational Choice
… dissertation is to develop a model of atypical occupational choice for women. Briefly, atypicality of an occupation for women is defined as the percentage of males engaged in a particular job classification. Occupational atypicality is conceptualized as a continuum, ranging from values of zero …
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Essays on impact of risk preference on health and occupational choice
… and time preference of an individual affects his occupational choice. This study finds that there are different domains of risk and that individuals do not think of these in the same way. Using Health and Retirement Study data, I find that there exists a behavioral inconsistency in health risks …
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Money Matters? Essays on human capital accumulation, occupational choice and worker productivity.
… The second chapter estimates the determinants of occupational choice after graduation. Specifically we look at the effect that labour market conditions have on a graduate’s decision to enrol onto an initial teacher training programme (TTP). We find that labour market conditions have no effect on …
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Wages, Work Hours, and Work Effort: How Tax Rates Affect Taxpayers' Occupational Choice
<p>While labor studies of the effects of income taxation have often focused on labor force participation and work hour decisions, Feldstein (1995) argued that taxpayers ultimately want to adjust their taxable income in response to changes in marginal tax rates. He also pointed out that adjusting …
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Factors Influencing Occupational Choice Among Black Freshmen in Technical vs. Non-Technical College Curricula
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An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of Initial Occupational Choice by Male High School Graduates
… analysis of the determinants or initial occupational choice by male high school graduates. The approach used was based on the theory of random utility. According to this approach, the individual selects a particular outcome from a set of possible outcomes based on both observed and …
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Occupational Choice and Academic Planning in the Colombia-Venezuela Union of Seventh-day Adventists : a Needs Assessment
… the academic programs may not match the occupational needs of the region. When academic planning occurs without systematic needs assessment, resources are wasted and graduates are ill prepared tor the labor market.</p> <p><em>The Subjects.</em> The subjects included senior high-school …
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Psychological theories and lay accounts of occupational choice: a comparative study of mechanical engineering and nursing undergraduates
Psychological investigation of occupational choice has traditionally followed one of two dominant approaches. The structural (or 'personality-matching') approach (e.g., Holland, 1985) has used pysychometric testing to predict occupational choice on the basis of personality assessments whilst the …
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Essays in Mutual Fund Performance, the Home Equity Bias and the Effects of Financial Frictions on Output and Occupational Choice
… contract enforcement and intermediation costs on occupational choice and output.
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Exploring the role of context in emerging adults' experiences of occupational possibilities and occupational choice in a community in the Western Cape: a narrative inquiry
Introduction: Occupational therapists recognise that health and wellbeing are inextricably linked to people's occupations. Many emerging adults within the Western Cape, South Africa, are experiencing numerous social, economic, and educational challenges which may constrain their occupational …
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The Effect of Financial Enforcement on Entrepreneurship and Growth in the Korean Economy
… equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents, occupational choice and financial frictions. Occupational choice and the size of private and state firms are determined endogenously; each depends on agent ""type"" (manager ability and resources), a credit market friction, and differences in …
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Relationships between beliefs, personality and behaviour at work
… an investigation into the relationship between occupational beliefs, the occupational persona and occupational behaviour. The purpose of the study was to examine the empirical implications for the author's occupational belief system model of occupational choice and occupational behaviour. The …
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Essays on entrepreneurship
… that introducing uncertainty about ability in an occupational choice model without financial frictions can generate many patterns that resemble capital market imperfections. In the first chapter, I model agents who are imperfectly informed about their entrepreneurial ability and whose income …
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An examination of factors that influence the choice of teaching as a career in Lesotho
… developed world alike. Based on the theories of occupational choice and other studies on the choice of teaching as a career, this study attempts to address this worldwide teacher shortage problem by examining factors that influence people in choosing teaching as a career in Lesotho.
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A critical ethnography of young adolescents' occupational choices in a community in post-apartheid South Africa
This thesis explored the occupational choices of young adolescents in a southern peninsula Cape Town community of Lavender Hill in South Africa. Informed by current research and prior professional and personal experiences with young adolescents in Lavender Hill, the research question asked: 'What …
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Entrepreneurship in the Rural Labour Market: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach
… in rural areas in the UK. The thesis develops an occupational choice model of rural entrepreneurship. The dynamics of this occupational choice model are then explored by further constructing an agent-based model. Rural businesses are a significant pillar in the UK economy, however their …
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Differences in selected characteristics between students enrolled in occupational curriculums and students enrolled in baccalaureate curriculums at Thornton Community College
… selected characteristics of students enrolled in occupationally oriented curriculums and students enrolling in baccalaureate oriented curriculums at Thornton Community College in Harvey, Illinois, for the fall of the 1969-1970 school year.To obtain measures relative to selected characteristics of …
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A mixed method investigation to develop a specialised occupational therapy theory based intervention manual for use with young people with emerging mental health issues
… suggests that the balance and nature of daily occupational choices can influence mental health in adults, but its influence on adolescent mental health has yet to be fully explored. Adolescence is a key period in developing occupational choice and learning how to balance daily occupations. To …
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