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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Worker Skill"”.
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Essays on the Macroeconomics of Labor Markets
… The proposed quantitative model with ex-ante worker skill heterogeneity and two technology shocks is consistent with a strong response of labor market variables to cyclical fluctuations in productivity and a relatively weak response to changes in tax rates. The model also matches the …
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On the causes and consequences of occupational mobility
… an occupation transition. I build a model where workers differ in their cognitive, manual, and interactive skills, which creates comparative advantage in certain occupations. I estimate this model and show that most of the wage gains for young workers following an occupational transition are due …
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Use of the Silver-Level Arkansas Career Readiness Certificate as a Pre-hire Screening Tool
… a means for assessing and exhibiting individual worker skill levels and as an additional aggregate credential to be presented alongside high school and college degree attainment levels. Employers from multiple sectors use the ACRC as a pre-hire screening tool and to determine incumbent worker …
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Over-education in the Labour Market: Evidence from Australia
… a three essay approach to examine the impact of worker ‘skill matching’ on earnings and labour mobility. The analyses are at the individual level based on micro-panel-data in the Australian labour market. The first essay explores the determinants of over-education and its impact on earnings in …
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Three Essays on Social Networks in Labor Markets
… region. The second essay models how screening workers through social networks impacts labor mobility in markets with adverse selection. When there is asymmetric information in labor markets, worker mobility is constrained by adverse selection in the market for experienced workers. However, if …
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AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
… essay, I examine the spillover effects among workers with different skills, which are identified by their college majors.</p> <p>The first essay presents evidence of direct spillovers from universities and examines the short- and long-run effects of university activities on geographic …
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Labor Markets in Transformation: Case Studies of Latin America
… employment, while controlling for worker and household characteristics. A proposed theoretical farm household model predicts that there will be no sectoral earnings differential for unskilled labor, whereas skilled labor will be better off in the non-agricultural sector. Based on …
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Essays On Labor Economics And Public Policy
… around permanent earnings over time of a worker's labor market earnings. This chapter reflects my interests in labor economics and in economic analysis using longitudinal, linked worker-firm data. The instability of labor earnings in the United States contributes to earnings inequality and …