Regional Technological Capacity and Entrepreneurship: Heterogeneous Agents and Occupational Choice in a Directed Search Market

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Despoina Balouktsi
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Heterogeneous Agents ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Technological Capacity ◽  
Search Market

Expressed Occupational Choice of Nontraditional Premedical Students as Measured by the Self-Directed Search: An Investigation of Holland's Theory

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 575-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Henry ◽  
Harold R. Bardo
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
The Self ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Holland's Theory ◽  
Premedical Students ◽  
Preparatory Program ◽  
Positive Support

This study examined the congruency concept in Holland's theory of vocational choice and the validity of the Self-directed Search interest inventory, utilizing a population of investigative-type students. Also examined were the race and sex differences in students' responses to Holland's six personality types. The sample of 100 black and white premedical students were enrolled in a medical education preparatory program. The program was designed to increase the number of qualified applicants who are underrepresented in the medical profession. The analysis produced positive support for Holland's congruency concept and the concurrent validity of the Self-directed Search. No significant differences were noted for race, although sex yielded significant differences for Holland's Realistic and Investigative personality types.

THE EFFECTS OF HIGH BANKING SPREADS IN AN INFORMAL ECONOMY

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Giovanni T. Merlin ◽  
Vladimir K. Teles
Keyword(s):  
Incomplete Markets ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Occupational Choice ◽  
Heterogeneous Agents ◽  
Distributional Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Credit Frictions ◽  
Heterogeneous Agents Model ◽  
Choice Setting

We investigate the aggregate and distributional effects of banking spreads in an economy with informality. We build a heterogeneous agents model with incomplete markets, credit frictions, and a rich occupational choice setting, in which informality is an option for both employers and workers. The main finding is that reductions in spreads for formal firms increase wages, output, and welfare but have a deleterious impact on unemployment and inequality. Dropping spreads for informal firms lead to reduction in inequality indicators at the expense of consumption and welfare. By calibrating the model for Brazil, we also find that a hypothetical extinction of the informal sector can be harmful for poor agents, but combined with a spread reduction, it can generate strong positive effects on output and welfare.

The Self-Directed Search / A Comment on the Reviews of the Self-Directed Search

1977 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine C. Cutts ◽  
Robert H. Dolliver ◽  
Robert N. Hansen ◽  
John L. Holland
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Directed Search
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