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Disappearing stepping stones: technological change and career paths
Kashkarov, Daniil ; Artemev, V.
Which career paths lead workers towards high-skilled non-routine cognitive occupations? Using PSID data, we show that, for a significant share of workers, a career path towards non-routine cognitive occupations goes through middle-skilled routine occupations, with the majority going through a subset of routine cognitive occupations. We then argue that the decline in employment in routine cognitive occupations due to routine-biased technological change can negatively affect the chances of younger cohorts joining high-skilled occupations. To test this hypothesis, we develop a structural occupational choice model that endogenously generates realistic career paths and estimate it using PSID data and job ad data from three major US outlets covering the period from 1940 to 2000. Our estimations suggest that, on average, 6% of workers ending up in non-routine cognitive occupations use routine cognitive occupations as stepping stones that allow them to maintain and accumulate human capital and experience relevant for later employment in high-skilled occupations. A fall in employment opportunities in routine cognitive occupations over the period of the most intensive routine-biased technological change led to at least 1.37 million lost high-skilled workers who got stuck in less skilled occupations.
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Assessment of Human Capital Management in Czech Companies
Meluzínová, Jana ; Gregar, Aleš (referee) ; Myšková, Renáta (referee) ; Kocmanová, Alena (referee) ; Putnová, Anna (advisor)
The aim of the thesis is to project and verify a model focused on assessment of human capital management in relation to company efficiency in selected sector – banking in Czech Republic. The model is projected in the following steps. Main areas of human capital management which are significant in terms of the relevant sector are identified by synthesis of the findings arising from preliminary research. Relevant variables are identified according to main areas. The degree of significance variables is established by a questionnaire survey. Subsequently, the number of variables is reduced by using statistical methods in order to preserve the original information. The last step is the presentation of the model proposal. Subsequently, the model is verified.
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Optimization of the Employee's Remuneration System in the Selected Company
Kroupová, Lucie ; Konečný, Štěpán (referee) ; Kruntorádová, Markéta (advisor)
The diploma thesis focuses on optimizing the employee's remuneration system using the concept of total remuneration in a selected company. In the theoretical part, factual research is used to describe the theory's basic concepts and theoretical starting points needed for a better understanding of the issue. The second part of the work includes an analysis of the current system of remuneration of the selected company and the internal and external influences of the environment. The last part presents proposals leading to the optimization of the remuneration system including quantification and evaluation of the costs and benefits of the changes.
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Recruitment, Selection and Work Adaptation at the Zentiva Company
Pokorný, Michal ; Bernardová, Kateřina (referee) ; Konečná, Zdeňka (advisor)
This diploma thesis focuses on managing process of recruitment, selection and adaptation of workers in a pharmaceutical company Zentiva. The main goal of this diploma thesis is based on the theoretical background and obtained information about the company, which was used for improving suggestions in selected areas. This diploma thesis describes and specifies following steps in the recruitment and subsequent area – employee adaptation.
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Proposal of an Educational Programme for Employees in the Course of Implementation of Bar Codes at the UHS JAKOS Company
Slavíková, Jana ; Uhlířová, Jana (referee) ; Konečná, Zdeňka (advisor)
This thesis deals with proposal for an education program for employees of UHS JAKOS, a.s. which implemented a new information system 3 year ago and because of this they are planning to implement a bar codes. The analysis was realized by questionnaire survey between the employees who will work with the bar codes. The thesis is divided into 3 sections. The first section is theoretical and describes an education as process of change during implementing the bar codes. Next is analysis section which describes a current situation in the company by questionnaire. At the end it focuses on proposal of education program which will get easy the implementing of code bars.
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Essays on International Migration
Adunts, Davit ; Mittag, Nikolas Karl (advisor) ; Elsner, Benjamin (referee) ; Dinkelman, Taryn (referee)
This thesis explores the effects of international migration on human capital formation in countries of origin. The first chapter investigates the short-run effect of paternal absence due to circular migration on the perseverance skills of children left behind. Using exogenous variation in the timing of return migration induced by bilateral migration laws between Ukraine and Poland, I show that current paternal absence due to circular migration negatively affects the perseverance skills of children left behind. This result is not explained by cognitive skills and is robust to including school and classroom fixed effects. The second chapter (jointly with Bohdana Kurylo) examines the impact of international migration opportunities on origin-country skills composition by exploiting changes in migration opportunities induced by visa liberalization between EU countries and Ukraine. Our results suggest that greater opportunities to emigrate to EU countries increased the probability students will choose subjects that are more likely to lead to internationally transferable skills in Ukraine. We find no evidence that greater opportunities to emigrate to the EU significantly affect student performance or the probability of failing exams in subjects that are likely to lead to more internationally transferable...
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