Why Do Low-Educated Workers Invest Less in Further Training?
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- Didier Fouarge & Trudie Schils & Andries de Grip, 2013. "Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 45(18), pages 2587-2601, June.
- Fouarge Didier & Grip Andries de & Schils Trudie, 2010. "Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?," Research Memorandum 058, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Fouarge Didier & Schils Trudie & Grip Andries de, 2010. "Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?," ROA Research Memorandum 010, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
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returns to training; preferences; non-cognitive skills;JEL classification:
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ALL-2010-09-18 (All new papers)
- NEP-CBE-2010-09-18 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2010-09-18 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2010-09-18 (Labour Economics)
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