The graduate: Spillovers from the entry of the first worker with a college degree in a firm
Contribuinte(s) |
Portugal, Pedro Schills, Trudie |
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Data(s) |
08/06/2015
08/06/2015
01/01/2015
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Resumo |
A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Double Degree in Economics from NOVA School of Business and Economics and Maastricht School of Business and Economics In this thesis a large panel of data on Portuguese workers is used to estimate the effect of the entry of the first graduate in a firm in his colleagues’ productivity. Propensity Score Matching is the methodology used and robustness tests are also presented to reinforce the credibility of the results. A spillover of approximately 5.10% is found, which means that the hiring of the first college graduate is an important stage in the development of a firm which benefits all workers. It is also shown that small firms benefit more from the entry of the first college graduate, specifically, firms with 5 or less employees had a spillover effect of around 9.63%. NSBE - UNL |
Identificador |
http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15097 201475910 |
Idioma(s) |
eng |
Direitos |
openAccess |
Tipo |
masterThesis |