Occupational Mobility Within and Between Skill Clusters: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Skill-Weights Approach
| Autor: | Regula Geel, Uschi Backes-Gellner |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Geel, Regula |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Engineering
Vocational training Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik 370 Erziehung Schul- und Bildungswesen Berufsverlauf Occupational qualification Change of occupation 10004 Department of Business Administration Empirical research Vocational qualification Germany Economics Empirische Bildungsforschung Econometrics Humankapitaltheorie media_common Careers National Vocational Qualification Flexibility (personality) 330 Economics jel:M53 Skill-weights approach mobility skill clusters apprenticeship training Vocational education Berufliche Qualifikation 370 Education 3304 Education Erziehung Schul- und Bildungswesen media_common.quotation_subject education Wage Mobility of manpower behavioral disciplines and activities jel:J62 Education Berufliche Mobilität ddc:370 Cluster (physics) Operations management Career Change Occupational mobility Deutschland Berufliche Spezialisierung Operationalization business.industry Berufsausbildung Empirische Forschung Berufswechsel Demographic economics Occupational career Vocational education and training Apprenticeship business Occupational Mobility Educational systems |
| Zdroj: | Empirical research in vocational education and training 3 (2011) 1, S. 21-38 |
| Popis: | Empirical research in vocational education and training 3 (2011) 1, S. 21-38 This paper applies Lazear's skill-weights approach (2009) to analyze the specificity of skill combinations of various occupations and its effects on occupational mobility and wages. The results show that the more specific an occupation, the smaller the probability of an occupational change. We also identify clusters of occupations characterized by similar skill combinations and find that employees in specific occupations have a comparatively higher probability of changing occupations within a skill cluster than between skill clusters. Moreover, occupational mobility within a skill cluster results in wage gains, while between clusters it results in wage losses. Therefore, the acquired skill combination and the resulting skill cluster, rather than the occupation per se, crucially determines mobility. Thus, for educational policies, it is more important to study whether a skill cluster is sustainable than an occupation. (DIPF/Orig.) |
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