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The sorting of workers across job tasks: an application to graduates and occupational choice
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SourceEmpirical research in vocational education and training 3 (2011) 1, S. 5-19 ZDB
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Keywords (German)
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Document typeArticle (journal)
ISSN1877-6337; 18776337
LanguageEnglish
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review statusPublishing 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.)
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Date of publication17.10.2013
CitationRocher, 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
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