The Value of Transferable Skills

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T Th he e VVa al lu ue e o of f T Tr ra an ns sf fe er ra ab bl le e S Sk ki il ll ls s _ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ _ AbstractThis paper assesses the extent of inter-firm transferability for the skills developed by whitecollar employees in the Portuguese retail banking sector. Assuming that employers will be willing to reward productive skills only, we measure skill transferability as the wage differential between firm switchers and firm stayers. Based on Quadros de Pessoal, a longitudinal archive of linked employer-employee data on the Portuguese labour market, our results support the hypothesis of significant inter-firm and inter-industry skill transferability. Difference-indifferences estimates with propensity score matching show that, on average, firm switchers benefit from a wage premium compared to firm stayers. However, when accounting for the destination sector the observed wage premium quickly drops with the distance from the banking industry.Key words: skill transferability, banking industry, wage, difference-in-differences, propensity score matching. JEL: J24, J31, J621 This paper draws on the research carried out within the Project "FLEX -Flexible wages for flexible contracts? The dynamics of the relationship between wage policy and employment contracts at the firm level" financed by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia -FCT, reference PTDC/EGE-ECO/108547/2008. T Th he e V Va al lu ue e o of f T Tr ra an ns sf fe er ra ab bl le e S Sk ki il ll ls s _

Meningkatkan Transferable Skill dan Pemahaman Konsep dengan Blended Learning Terintegrasi Tri Kaya Parisudha pada Mata Kuliah Probabilitas dan Statistik

“…Transferable skill adalah keterampilan dan kemampuan yang relevan dan bermanfaat di berbagai bidang kehidupan: sosial, profesional, dan di sekolah [9]. Transferable skill yang ditingkatkan penelitian ini antara lain: (1) research and analytical skills yaitu kemampuan membuat instrumen penelitian, pengambilan data, tabulasi data, analisis data dan interpretasi data; (2) numeracy skills yaitu kemempuan yaitu keterampilan menghitung nilai rerata, median, modus, kuartil, desil, persentil, standar deviasi dan varian yang merupakan bagian dari statistik deskriptif; (3) information and technology skill yaitu keterampilan menggunakan perangkat lunak pengolah kata, spreadsheet, dan perangkat lunak berbasis web seperti schoology, google drive, serta google form.…”