Skill transferability, regret and mobility.

Autor/inn/en	Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart
Institution	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
Titel	Skill transferability, regret and mobility. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Qualifikationsübertragbarkeit, Bedauern und Mobilität.
Quelle	Bonn (2006), 37 S.; 254 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	IZA discussion paper. 2021
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Zufriedenheit; Wahl; Beruf; Berufliche Mobilität; Berufswechsel; Karriere; Ausbildungsentscheidung; Berufswahl; Studium; Studienfach; Akademiker; Arbeitspapier; Niederlande
Abstract	"After graduation many students start working in sectors not related to their field of study or participate in training targeted at work in other sectors. In this paper, we look at mobility immediately after graduation from the perspective that educational choices have been made when these pupils had little experience of the actual working life in these professions. We develop a model where students accumulate partially transferable human capital but also learn about their professional preferences at the university and during the first years in the labor market. As a consequence of this newly acquired insight, these young workers might realize that working in another occupational field would better fit their preferences, although they are better equipped to work in their own field. The empirical analysis reveals that if wages are 1% lower due to lower skill transferability, the probability that a graduate who regrets his choice actually switches decreases by 2.2 percentage po! ints, while those who switch on average take 0.3 months additional education." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1998 bis 1998. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2006/4