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作者：Franck, Raphael; Galor, Oded
作者单位：Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Brown University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：This research explores the effect of early industrialisation on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study suggests that, in contrast to conventional wisdom that views early industrialisation as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human capital formation, generating wide-ranging gains in literacy rates and educational attainment. However, this increase in human capital f...
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作者：Bassi, Vittorio; Nansamba, Aisha
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：We study how employers and job seekers respond to credible information on skills that are difficult to observe, and how this affects matching in the labour market. We experimentally vary whether certificates on workers' non-cognitive skills are disclosed to both sides of the market during job interviews between young workers and small firms in Uganda. The certificates cause workers to increase their labour market expectations, while high-ability managers revise their assessments of the workers...
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作者：Johnsen, Julian Vedeler; Vaage, Kjell; Willen, Alexander
作者单位：Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); University of Bergen; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：In this paper we exploit the introduction of an early retirement reform in Norway to provide new evidence on interactions in public policies across programs and household members. The analysis generates four results. First, the reform decreased the employment of the directly affected individuals. Second, the introduction of the early retirement option caused program substitution away from alternative welfare programs. Third, it reduced employment among spouses of directly affected individuals....
