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The sorting of workers across job tasks: an application to graduates and occupational choice |
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Author | Rocher, Stijn |
Source | Empirical research in vocational education and training 3 (2011) 1, S. 5-19 |
Document | full text (267 KB) |
License of the document | In copyright |
Keywords (German) | Berufsanforderung; Berufliche Kompetenz; Arbeitsmarktforschung; Akkordarbeit; Berufswahl; Akademiker; Empirische Forschung; Großbritannien |
sub-discipline | Empirical Educational Research Vocational Education and Training |
Document type | Article (journal) |
ISSN | 1877-6337; 18776337 |
Language | English |
Year of creation | 2011 |
review status | Publishing House Lectorship |
Abstract (English): | In this paper, workers are assumed to acquire task-specific skills prior to labor market entry. The theoretical framework on tasks assumes that workers sort across jobs based on comparative advantage in tasks. I derive three propositions of this conceptual framework which are verified empirically. I find that (i) major choice is an important determinant of what tasks workers do at their job; (ii) graduates majored in the same field self-select into occupations with similar task content and (iii) also the wages of these graduates is correlated strongest when they do similar tasks. (DIPF/Orig.) |
other articles of this journal | Empirical research in vocational education and training Jahr: 2011 |
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Date of publication | 17.10.2013 |
Citation | Rocher, Stijn: The sorting of workers across job tasks: an application to graduates and occupational choice - In: Empirical research in vocational education and training 3 (2011) 1, S. 5-19 - URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-opus-82669 - DOI: 10.25656/01:8266 |