Skill concentration and persistence in Brazil
In: Regional studies: official journal of the Regional Studies Association, Band 53, Heft 11, S. 1544-1554
ISSN: 1360-0591
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In: Regional studies: official journal of the Regional Studies Association, Band 53, Heft 11, S. 1544-1554
ISSN: 1360-0591
In: CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15412
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In: The Economics of Language; Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy
In: Journal of Financial Economics (JFE), Forthcoming
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In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5028
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In: Forum for social economics, S. 1-16
ISSN: 1874-6381
In: Economics of education review, Band 30, Heft 6, S. 1503-1515
ISSN: 0272-7757
In: Northeastern U. D'Amore-McKim School of Business Research Paper No. 4164823
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In: Review of financial economics: RFE, Band 38, Heft 3, S. 423-451
ISSN: 1873-5924
AbstractThis research examines the relationships among portfolio concentration, fund manager skills, and fund performance in Taiwan's equity mutual fund industry, yielding several empirical findings as follows. First, after controlling for other factors, concentrated equity funds tend to have smaller net asset values, larger fund flows, higher turnover rates, and a younger age and prevail in smaller fund families. Second, concentrated fund managers buy and sell stocks more smartly based on economic trends or market factors than do diversified fund managers, i.e., they have better market‐timing abilities. Third, only partial evidence supports the premise that concentrated equity funds have better next‐quarter risk‐adjusted performances than do diversified ones, as these fund managers' skills positively correlate to risk‐adjusted fund performance. Fourth, fund managers who have better stock‐picking abilities and intensively invest in certain industries generally exhibit better Carhart's alpha in the next quarter than do other fund managers. Fifth, fund managers' stock‐picking abilities more closely relate to long‐term performance than do their market‐timing abilities. Lastly, positive performance persistence is much stronger than negative performance persistence, but concentrated funds do not have stronger performance persistence than do diversified funds.
In: Journal of community practice: organizing, planning, development, and change sponsored by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration (ACOSA), Band 19, Heft 4, S. 369-402
ISSN: 1543-3706
In: Human factors: the journal of the Human Factors Society
ISSN: 1547-8181
Objective Examine patterns and predictors of skill learning during multisession Enhanced FOrward Concentration and Attention Learning (FOCAL+) training. Background FOCAL+ teaches teens to reduce the duration of off-road glances using real-time error learning. In a randomized controlled trial, teens with ADHD received five sessions of FOCAL+ training and demonstrated significant reductions in extended glances (>2-s) away from the roadway (i.e., long-glances) and a 40% reduced risk of a crash/near-crash event. Teens' improvement in limiting long-glances as assessed after each FOCAL+ training session has not been examined. Method Licensed teen (ages 16–19) drivers with ADHD ( n = 152) were randomly assigned to five sessions of either FOCAL+ or modified standard driver training. Teens completed driving simulation assessments at baseline, after each training session, and 1 month and 6 months posttraining. Naturalistic driving was monitored for one year. Results FOCAL+ training produced a 53% maximal reduction in long-glances during postsession simulated driving. The number of sessions needed to achieve maximum performance varied across participants. However, after five FOCAL+ training sessions, number of long-glances was comparable irrespective of when teens achieved their maximum performance. The magnitude of reduction in long-glances predicted levels of long-glances during simulated driving at 1 month and 6 months posttraining but not naturalistic driving outcomes. FOCAL+ training provided the most benefit during training to teens who were younger and had less driving experience. Conclusion FOCAL+ training significantly reduces long-glances beginning at the 1st training session. Application Providing five FOCAL+ training sessions early on during teen driving may maximize benefit.
In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society
ISSN: 1468-0297
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This paper extends the monopsony literature by taking a task-based approach and estimating the causal effect of concentration on labour market outcomes. Using detailed employer–employee data from Norway, we find that our job task-based measure shows lower degrees of concentration than conventional industry- and occupation-based measures. Exploiting mass lay-offs as exogenous shocks to local labour demand, we show that workers who experience mass separations in more concentrated markets have substantially worse subsequent labour market outcomes than workers in less concentrated markets. Our results point to the existence of employer market power that is driven by the concentration of skill demand across firms.
In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4997
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In: Economica, Band 91, Heft 361, S. 292-319
ISSN: 1468-0335
AbstractIf large firms employ relatively more educated workers, will an increase in market concentration increase income inequality by raising the relative demand for skill? I use Swedish employer–employee data from 1997–2016 and find a strong correlation between firm size and the share of college‐educated ('skilled') workers. An increase in a sector's market concentration is correlated with a higher skilled wage premium and higher relative employment of skilled workers. This is due mainly to the reallocation of workers across firms. I demonstrate how these findings can be explained by a model of heterogeneous firms where productivity and skill intensity are positively correlated.