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The sorting of workers across job tasks : an application to graduates and occupational choice
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| 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. | | |
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English
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Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training | |
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2011
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1877-6337
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3:1(2011), p. 5-19
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