Publications
The ten latest publications of the Professorship
Curriculum updates in vocational education and changes in graduates’ skills and wages. Journal of Education and Work, 37(2024)5-6: 458-482 (first published online 29.01.2025). By Andreas F. Bühler, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
How middle-skilled workers adjust to immigration: the role of occupational skill specificity. International Journal of Manpower, 45(2024)8 (first published online 16.07.2024). By Damiano Pregaldini and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
The role of occupational skill sets in the digital transformation: How IT progress shapes returns to specialization and social skills.Journal of Business Economics, 94(2024): 75-111 (first published online 09.05.2023). By Fabienne Kiener, Christian Eggenberger and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
Does updating education curricula accelerate technology adoption in the workplace? Evidence from dual vocational education and training curricula in Switzerland. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(2024): 191-235 (first published online 28.11.2022). By Tobias Schultheiss and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
The role of fields of study for the effects of higher education institutions on regional firm location. Small Business Economics, 61(2023): 1587-1656 (first published online 01.08.2023. By Tobias Schlegel and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version
Social norms and gendered occupational choices of men and women: Time to turn the tide? Industrial Relations, 62(2023)4: 380-410 (first published online 12.04.2023). By Patricia Palffy, Patrick Lehnert and Uschi Backes- Gellner. Working paper version
Proxying economic activity with daytime satellite imagery: Filling data gaps across time and space. PNAS Nexus, 2(2023)4 (first published online 29.03.2023). By Patrick Lehnert, Michael Niederberger, Uschi Backes-Gellner and Eric Bettinger. Working paper version
Berufliche Bildung als Innovationstreiber: Ein lange vernachlässigtes Forschungsfeld. Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 24(2023)1: 85-97 (first published online 08.03.2023). By Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert. Working Paper version
Education expansion and high-skill job opportunities for workers: Does a rising tide lift all boats? Labour Economics, 82(2023) (first published online 25.02.2023). By Tobias Schultheiss, Curdin Pfister, Ann-Sophie Gnehm and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working Paper version
Noncognitive Skills in Training Curricula and Nonlinear Wage Returns. International Journal of Manpower, 44(2023)4: 772-788 (first published online 02.02.2023). By Fabienne Kiener, Ann-Sophie Gnehm and Uschi Backes-Gellner. Working paper version