Berufswahl
Was will ich werden? Welche Ausbildung, welches Studium passt zu mir und bietet langfristig sichere Perspektiven auf dem Arbeitsmarkt? Die Wahl eines Berufes gehört zu den wichtigen biographischen Weichenstellungen, auch wenn sie heute keine Festlegung für ein ganzes (Berufs-)leben mehr darstellt. Sie hat Auswirkungen auf die spätere ökonomische Sicherheit, den sozialen Status und auf Chancen zur Entfaltung der Persönlichkeit.
Dieses Themendossier bietet eine Auswahl von Literatur- und Forschungsprojektnachweisen zur Berufswahlforschung in Deutschland und anderen Ländern. Sie gibt einen Überblick über theoretische Ansätze und empirische Befunde zur Erklärung des Berufswahlverhaltens, zu Motiven der Berufswahl bei besonderen Personengruppen sowie zu Bestimmungsgründen und Einflussfaktoren bei der Entscheidungsfindung.
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Literaturhinweis
Der Einfluss des lokalen Hochschulangebots auf die Studienwahl (2010)
Rothland, Martin;Zitatform
Rothland, Martin (2010): Der Einfluss des lokalen Hochschulangebots auf die Studienwahl. In: Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, Jg. 13, H. 4, S. 683-706.
Abstract
"'Den Funktionszuweisungen und Wirkungserwartungen, die sich in der Verschiedene Studien belegen, dass das lokale Hochschulangebot bzw. die Distanz zur nächstgelegenen Universität das Studienverhalten beeinflusst: Die Wahrscheinlichkeit, ein Studium zu ergreifen, steigt mit der geographischen Nähe zu einer Hochschule. In der vorliegenden Studie wird die Frage auf die Wahl des Studienfachs sowie der Hochschulinstitution ausgedehnt und in einem humankapitaltheoretischen Ansatz am Beispiel der ETH Zürich, der Universität Luzern sowie der pädagogischen Hochschulen analysiert. Auf der Basis einer repräsentativen Maturandenbefragung in der deutschsprachigen Schweiz (n?=?1454) kann regressionsanalytisch gezeigt werden, dass die Distanz zur nächstgelegenen Hochschule auch einen Einfluss auf die Fächer- und die Institutionenwahl hat. Die Befunde sind hochschulpolitisch von Bedeutung, weil sie Hinweise auf eine angebotsinduzierte Studiennachfrage liefern. Zudem zeigen die Ergebnisse, dass bei Studierenden mit höherem sozioökonomischen Status das Studienverhalten durch die Distanz nicht beeinflusst wird, was als Indiz dafür gewertet werden kann, dass die Bedeutung der Entfernung einer Hochschule in Wirklichkeit auf Unterschieden in den Kosten eines Studiums gründet." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Literaturhinweis
Relation of interest and self-efficacy occupational congruence and career choice certainty (2010)
Tracey, Terence J. G.;Zitatform
Tracey, Terence J. G. (2010): Relation of interest and self-efficacy occupational congruence and career choice certainty. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 76, H. 3, S. 441-447. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.10.013
Abstract
"A sample of 2145 adults completed the Personal Globe Inventory (PGI) as well as indicating their occupational choice and the certainty of this choice. The PGI yielded interest and self-efficacy scores and these were used with the occupational choice to calculate a congruence score for interests and one for efficacy. The prediction of career certainty by each congruence measure and their interaction was examined using hierarchical regression. The results indicated that while both interest and efficacy congruence were related to career certainty, efficacy congruence did not add to prediction above that obtained using interests congruence alone, however there was a substantial interaction. The agreement of interest congruence and efficacy congruence was related to a strong positive relation between congruence and certainty; whereas low agreement between interest and efficacy congruence was related to a non-significant relation between congruence and certainty. The results demonstrate the need to focus on both interest and efficacy and their agreement in our assessments and interventions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Literaturhinweis
Career decidedness as a predictor of subjective well-being (2010)
Uthayakumar, Ramya; Rogers, James R.; Hartung, Paull J.; Schimmack, Ulrich;Zitatform
Uthayakumar, Ramya, Ulrich Schimmack, Paull J. Hartung & James R. Rogers (2010): Career decidedness as a predictor of subjective well-being. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 77, H. 2, S. 196-204. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2010.07.002
Abstract
"Forming, pursing, and achieving life tasks constitute important determinants of subjective well-being (SWB). A principal life task for emerging adults involves deciding about career goals. Prior research indicates that depression predicts SWB and may be linked to lower levels of career decidedness. We tested whether or not career decidedness predicts SWB above and beyond the influence of depression and other personality traits. We also examined whether or not career decidedness partially mediates depression's influence on SWB when controlled for personality effects. Undergraduate students (N = 181; 65% female, 52% Asian) responded to measures of career decidedness, SWB, and personality. Results largely confirmed predictions. A partial mediator model indicated a direct relationship between decidedness and SWB not moderated by grade level, and an inverse relationship between the depression facet of neuroticism and both career decidedness and SWB. Findings further support career interventions to increase decidedness during the first year of college." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Career progression and comparative advantage (2010)
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Yamaguchi, Shintaro (2010): Career progression and comparative advantage. In: Labour economics, Jg. 17, H. 4, S. 679-689. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2010.01.006
Abstract
"This paper constructs and estimates a structural dynamic model of occupational choice in which all occupations are characterized in a skill requirement space using data from the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the NLSY79. This skill requirement space approach has its merit in computational simplicity as well as ease of interpretation: it allows the model to include hundreds of occupations at the three-digit census classification level without a large number of parameters. Parameter estimates indicate that wages grow with the skill requirements of an occupation and that educated and experienced individuals are better rewarded in a cognitive and interpersonal skill demanding occupation. They also suggest that ignoring self-selection into occupations and individual heterogeneity may result in counter-intuitive and biased estimates of the returns to skill requirements." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Literaturhinweis
Challenging boundaries to 'employability': women apprentices in a non-traditional occupation (2009)
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Andrew, Alison (2009): Challenging boundaries to 'employability'. Women apprentices in a non-traditional occupation. In: Social policy and society, Jg. 8, H. 3, S. 347-359. DOI:10.1017/S1474746409004898
Abstract
"This article is based on a case study of women apprentices and workers in a 'non-traditional' occupation for women, engineering construction. The article argues that the concept of 'employability' is not gender neutral, and that gendered assumptions about who is and is not 'employable' for particular work can disadvantage women seeking training and work in non-traditional industries or dissuade them from applying to do so. Approaches to employability which emphasise individual attributes underplay the significance of gender inequalities and wider discourses of gender." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The relationship between career adaptability, person and situation variables, and career concerns in young adults (2009)
Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle; Fallon, Tracy;Zitatform
Creed, Peter A., Tracy Fallon & Michelle Hood (2009): The relationship between career adaptability, person and situation variables, and career concerns in young adults. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 74, H. 2, S. 219-229. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.004
Abstract
"We surveyed 245 first-year university students using measures of career concerns, career adaptability (career planning, career exploration, self-exploration, decision-making, self-regulation), goal-orientation (learning, performance-prove, performance-avoid) and social support (family, friends, significant others), and tested: (a) whether the career adaptability variables could be represented by a second-order factor of career adaptability; (b) whether career adaptability, goal-orientation and social support were associated with fewer career concerns; and (c) whether career adaptability mediated the relationship between goal-orientation and social support and career concerns. The study demonstrated that the career adaptability variables were inter-related and could be represented by a higher-order factor. Decision-making and self-exploration were negatively associated with career concerns, and decision-making mediated the relationship between goal-orientation and career concerns. Having more of a learning orientation was associated with more decision-making and fewer career concerns, whereas holding a performance-prove orientation was associated with poorer decision-making and more career concerns." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Career decision-making, career barriers and occupational aspirations in Chinese adolescents (2009)
Creed, Peter A.; Hood, Michelle; Wong, Oi Yin;Zitatform
Creed, Peter A., Oi Yin Wong & Michelle Hood (2009): Career decision-making, career barriers and occupational aspirations in Chinese adolescents. In: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, Jg. 9, H. 3, S. 189-203. DOI:10.1007/s10775-009-9165-0
Abstract
"Diese Studie untersuchte bei 498 chinesischen Oberschülern die Beziehungen zwischen beschäftigungsbezogenen Zielen einerseits und Erwartungen (bezogen auf Typus und Status) andererseits, sowie daneben Entscheidungsschwierigkeiten, Entscheidungseffizienz und Karrierehemmnisse. Männliche Jugendliche strebten die Berufstypen Forschung sowie Wirtschaft an, rechneten aber eher mit realistischen Berufstypen und dem Berufstyp Wirtschaft; weibliche Jugendliche strebten den Berufstyp Wirtschaft sowie konventionelle Berufstypen an. SchülerInnen, bei denen sich die erhofften Ziele und die erwarteten Möglichkeiten unterschieden, waren mit erhöhter Wahrscheinlichkeit weibliche Jugendliche mit guten Leistungen; diejenigen, bei denen sich der erhoffte und der erwartete Status unterschieden, hatten eher schwächere Leistungen, weniger Selbstvertrauen, und rechneten mit mehr Karrierehemmnissen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Identity and entrepreneurship (2009)
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Falck, Oliver & Stephan Heblich (2009): Identity and entrepreneurship. (CESifo working paper 2661), München, 41 S.
Abstract
"We incorporate the concept of social identity into a stylized model of occupational choice and analyze whether an individual's identity affects his or her decision to become an entrepreneur. We argue that an entrepreneurial identity results from an individual's socialization. This could be parental influence but, as argued in this paper, also peer influence. To test this empirically, we apply instrumental variable approaches to PISA data. Our findings suggest that having an entrepreneurial peer group has a positive effect on an individual's entrepreneurial intentions. Regarding entrepreneurial parents, we find a positive effect that cannot only be explained by ownership succession of the family business." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The role of gender stereotypes in perceptions of entrepreneurs and intentions to become an entrepreneur (2009)
Gupta, Vishal K.; Sikdar, Arijit; Wasti, S. Arzu; Turban, Daniel B.;Zitatform
Gupta, Vishal K., Daniel B. Turban, S. Arzu Wasti & Arijit Sikdar (2009): The role of gender stereotypes in perceptions of entrepreneurs and intentions to become an entrepreneur. In: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Jg. 33, H. 2, S. 397-417. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00296.x
Abstract
"In this study we examine the role of socially constructed gender stereotypes in entrepreneurship and their influence on men and women's entrepreneurial intentions. Data on characteristics of males, females, and entrepreneurs were collected from young adults in three countries. As hypothesized, entrepreneurs were perceived to have predominantly masculine characteristics. Additional results revealed that although both men and women perceive entrepreneurs to have characteristics similar to those of males (masculine gender-role stereotype), only women also perceived entrepreneurs and females as having similar characteristics (feminine gender-role stereotype). Further, though men and women did not differ in their entrepreneurial intentions, those who perceived themselves as more similar to males (high on male gender identification) had higher entrepreneurial intentions than those who saw themselves as less similar to males (low male gender identification). No such difference was found for people who saw themselves as more or less similar to females (female gender identification). The results were consistent across the three countries. Practical implications and directions for future research are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Occupational choice: personality matters (2009)
Ham, Roger; Junankar, Pramod N.; Wells, Robert;Zitatform
Ham, Roger, Pramod N. Junankar & Robert Wells (2009): Occupational choice. Personality matters. (IZA discussion paper 4105), Bonn, 37 S.
Abstract
"In modern societies, people are often classified as 'White Collar' or 'Blue Collar' workers: that classification not only informs social scientists about the kind of work that they do, but also about their social standing, their social interests, their family ties, and their approach to life in general. This analysis will examine the effect of an individual's psychometrically derived personality traits and status of their parents on the probability of attaining a white collar occupation over the baseline category of a blue collar occupation; controlling for human capital and other factors. The paper uses data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to estimate a random effects probit model to capture the effects on the probability of being in a white collar occupation. The results are then examined using the average marginal effects of the different conditioning variables over the whole sample. The analysis confirms the previous findings of human capital theory, but finds that personality and parental status also have significant effects on occupational outcomes. The results suggest that the magnitude of the average marginal effect of parental status is small and the effect of the personality trait 'conscientiousness' is large and rivals that of education. Finally, estimates of separate models for males and females indicate that effects differ between the genders for key variables, with personality traits in females having a relatively larger effect on their occupational outcomes due to the diminished effects of education." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Adaptation of career goals to self and opportunities in early adolescence (2009)
Hirsch, Andreas; Vondracek, Fred W.;Zitatform
Hirsch, Andreas & Fred W. Vondracek (2009): Adaptation of career goals to self and opportunities in early adolescence. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 75, H. 2, S. 120-128. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.05.005
Abstract
"Development of career goals that are adapted to self and opportunities is a central component of adolescent career preparation. The present longitudinal study (conducted throughout the eighth grade with three assessment points) investigated how 330 Swiss adolescents simultaneously adapt career goals to interests, scholastic achievement and environmental opportunities. Results demonstrated that students increasingly adapt their goals to the environment. Mean adaptation to environment related positively to degree of adaption to interests and achievement. Increased adaptation to environment over time related to increased adaptation to achievement but to decreased adaptation to interests. Gender, attended school type and nationality moderated adaptation processes. Structurally disadvantaged students (girls, lower requirements school track, immigrant students) reported more conflict in aligning adaptation to environment with adaptation to interests." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Career adaptability development in adolescence: multiple predictors and effect on sense of power and life satisfaction (2009)
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Hirschi, Andreas (2009): Career adaptability development in adolescence. Multiple predictors and effect on sense of power and life satisfaction. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 74, H. 2, S. 145-155. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.01.002
Abstract
"This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors of career adaptability development and its effect on development of sense of power and experience of life satisfaction among 330 Swiss eighth graders. A multivariate measure of career adaptability consisting of career choice readiness, planning, exploration, and confidence was applied. Based on Motivational Systems Theory four groups of predictors were assessed: positive emotional disposition, goal decidedness, capability beliefs and social context beliefs. Influence of gender, age, immigration background, parental educational level, and college-bound or vocational education plans were also assessed. Perceived social support and positive emotional disposition, non-immigration background, and continuing to vocational education were single significant predictors of more career adaptability development over the school year. Supporting the connection of career adaptability and positive youth development, increase in career adaptability over time predicted increase in sense of power and experience of life satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The relation of cultural context and social relationships to career development in middle school (2009)
Howard, Kimberly A.S.; Ferrari, Lea; Nota, Laura; Solberg, V. Scott H.; Soresi, Salvatore;Zitatform
Howard, Kimberly A.S., Lea Ferrari, Laura Nota, V. Scott H. Solberg & Salvatore Soresi (2009): The relation of cultural context and social relationships to career development in middle school. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 75, H. 2, S. 100-108. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.06.013
Abstract
"This study examined the role of supportive relationships (i.e., family, teacher, and peer) and agency (i.e., self-efficacy, motivation, and goal-setting orientation) on three outcomes: academic grades, distress, and career decidedness. Data from 588 middle school youth from Northern (N = 322) and Southern (N = 266) Italy were analyzed using path modeling. Results indicated that across gender and region, agency was consistently related to academic grades and career decidedness. However, the role of supportive relationships was found to differ across gender and region. For both boys from Northern Italy and girls from Southern Italy, the impact of family support on academic grades and career decidedness was mediated by agency. For girls from Northern Italy, family support related directly to academic grades and career decidedness. Implications for practice were described." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The gender wage gap as a function of educational degree choices in an occupationally segregated EU country (2009)
Livanos, Ilias; Pouliakas, Konstantinos;Zitatform
Livanos, Ilias & Konstantinos Pouliakas (2009): The gender wage gap as a function of educational degree choices in an occupationally segregated EU country. (IZA discussion paper 4636), Bonn, 31 S.
Abstract
"This study investigates the extent to which differences in the subject of degree studied by male and female university graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece is examined due to the fact that it is an EU country with historically large gender discrepancies in earnings and occupational segregation. Using micro-data from the Greek Labour Force Survey (LFS), the returns to academic disciplines are firstly estimated by gender. It is found that the subjects in which women are relatively over-represented (e.g. Education, Humanities) are also those with the lowest wage returns. Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions subsequently imply that gender differences in the type of degree studied can explain an additional 8.4% of the malefemale pay gap. Risk-augmented earnings functions of the Hartog-type also indicate that women seek for less risky educations that consequently command lower wage premiums in the job market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Who values the status of the entrepreneur? (2009)
Praag, Mirjam Van;Zitatform
Praag, Mirjam Van (2009): Who values the status of the entrepreneur? (IZA discussion paper 4245), Bonn, 20 S.
Abstract
"Parker and Van Praag (2009) showed, based on theory, that the group status of the profession 'entrepreneurship' shapes people's occupational preferences and thus their choice behavior. The current study focuses on the determinants and consequences of the group status of a profession, entrepreneurship in particular. If the group status of entrepreneurship is related to individual choice behavior, it is policy relevant to better understand this relationship and the determinants of the status of the entrepreneur. For reasons outlined in the introduction, this study focuses on (800) students in the Netherlands. We find that the status of occupations is mostly determined by the required level of education, the income level to be expected and respect. Furthermore, our results imply that entrepreneurship is associated with hard work, high incomes, but little power and education. Moreover, we find evidence that individual characteristics, such as entrepreneurship experience, vary systematically with the perceived status of occupations, thereby contributing ammunition to a fundamental discussion in the literature. Finally, we find a strong association between the perceived status of the entrepreneur and the estimated likelihood and willingness to become an entrepreneur." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Estimation of an occupational choice model when occupations are misclassified (2009)
Sullivan, Paul;Zitatform
Sullivan, Paul (2009): Estimation of an occupational choice model when occupations are misclassified. In: The Journal of Human Resources, Jg. 44, H. 2, S. 495-535. DOI:10.3368/jhr.44.2.495
Abstract
"This paper develops an empirical occupational choice model that corrects for misclassification in occupational choices and measurement error in occupation-specific work experience. The model is used to estimate the extent of measurement error in occupation data and quantify the bias that results from ignoring measurement error in occupation codes when studying the determinants of occupational choices and estimating the effects of occupation-specific human capital on wages. The parameter estimates reveal that 9 percent of occupational choices in the 1979 cohort of the NLSY are misclassified. Ignoring misclassification leads to biases that affect the conclusions drawn from empirical occupational choice models." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Inter-relationships among attachment to mother and father, self-esteem, and career indecision (2009)
Vignoli, Emmanuelle;Zitatform
Vignoli, Emmanuelle (2009): Inter-relationships among attachment to mother and father, self-esteem, and career indecision. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 75, H. 2, S. 91-99. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2009.04.007
Abstract
"This study investigated the mediating role of adolescents' global self-esteem, based on the relationship between adolescents' mother or father attachment and their career indecision; as well as the mediating role of adolescents' career indecision on the relationship between mother or father attachment and self-esteem. Two hundred and forty-one adolescents completed a self-report questionnaire that measured the difficulty in making decisions about their future academic and vocational careers, their global self-esteem, and their attachment to their parents. Results showed that the more adolescents felt attached to their mother and father the easier it was for them to make career decisions. The self-esteem mediation hypothesis is supported as a function of parent and adolescent gender. Similarly, the mediating role of career indecision is confirmed and depends on the gender of both parents and adolescents. Interpersonal context, identity development, adolescent career development and the relationship between them are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Re-conceptualizing the past: historical data in vocational interest research (2008)
Armstrong, Patrick Ian; Rounds, James; Hubert, Lawrence;Zitatform
Armstrong, Patrick Ian, James Rounds & Lawrence Hubert (2008): Re-conceptualizing the past. Historical data in vocational interest research. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 72, H. 3, S. 284-297. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2007.09.004
Abstract
"Noteworthy progress has been made in the development of statistical models for evaluating the structure of vocational interests over the past three decades. It is proposed that historically significant interest datasets, when combined with modern structural methods of data analysis, provide an opportunity to re-examine the underlying assumptions of J.L. Holland's [Holland, J. L. (1959). A theory of vocational choice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 6, 35-45; Holland, J. L. (1997). Making vocational choices (3rd ed.). Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources] RIASEC model. To illustrate this potential, data obtained from J. P. Guilford's study of interest structure were re-analyzed using modern circumplex and hierarchical clustering techniques to evaluate Holland's and I. Gati's [Gati, I. (1979). A hierarchical model for the structure of interests. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 15, 90-106; Gati, I. (1991). The structure of vocational interests. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 309-324] interest structures. Obtained results indicate that a circumplex model can be used to effectively represent the structure underlying Guilford's interest measures. However, hierarchical clustering results suggest that Holland's RIASEC types may not be the most effective categories for grouping specific interest measures into broader interest areas. The current findings provide support for the continued investigation of alternatives to Holland's interest categories using modern measures of basic interests." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Making sense of the labor market height premium: evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (2008)
Case, Anne; Islam, Mahnaz; Paxson, Christina;Zitatform
Case, Anne, Christina Paxson & Mahnaz Islam (2008): Making sense of the labor market height premium. Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. (NBER working paper 14007), Cambridge, Mass., 11 S. DOI:10.3386/w14007
Abstract
"We use nine waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) to investigate the large labor market height premium observed in the BHPS, where each inch of height is associated with a 1.5 percent increase in wages, for both men and women. We find that half of the premium can be explained by the association between height and educational attainment among BHPS participants. Of the remaining premium, half can be explained by taller individuals selecting into higher status occupations and industries. These effects are consistent with our earlier findings that taller individuals on average have greater cognitive function, which manifests in greater educational attainment, and better labor market opportunities." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The joint choice of an individual's occupation and destinantion (2008)
Christiadi, ; Cushing, Brian;Zitatform
Cushing, Brian (2008): The joint choice of an individual's occupation and destinantion. In: Journal of regional science, Jg. 48, H. 5, S. 893-919. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9787.2008.00570.x
Abstract
"This study examines the relationship between an individual's occupation choice and destination choice. It portrays the relationship as an interaction between the supply of occupational skills by individuals and demand by different labor-market regions. The unusual merger of a multinomial logit model of occupational choice and the conditional logit model of destination choice in a simultaneous equation framework requires derivation of a unique variance-covariance matrix. Results indicate strong association between supply of (migration) and demand for (industry mix) an individual's occupational skills. These effects are especially strong for destinations experiencing slow economic growth, while relatively unimportant for high-growth locations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))