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APR

Skill-related Job Preferences of University Students

Seminar
Spezialisiert / Akademisch
09.04.2024 16:15
Präsenzveranstaltung

Abstract:
Using a hypothetical choice approach, we elicit university students' preferences for jobs that differ in the skills they require. Focusing on skills increasingly demanded in the labour market, we find that higher importance of social skills in the job is positively valued by students overall and females in particular. Management skills are appreciated as well, but to a much lesser extent and only by men. In contrast, the intensive use of digital skills provides a large disutility to females, which they are willing to offset by accepting significant wage cuts. We also find evidence that perceived own skill endowment is a potential driver for student's skill-related job preferences.
Wann?
09.04.2024 16:15
Wo?
Standort PER 21 / Raum D130
Bd de Pérolles 90, 1700 Fribourg
Organisation
Département d'Economie Politique
Prof. M. Schelker et Prof. C. Dumas
mark.schelker@unifr.ch
Vortragende / Mitwirkende
Prof. Conny Wunsch, Basel