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Technology and young children : bridging the communication-generation gap

Allen, Lee (contributor); Blake, Sally (contributor); … - 2012

1. The impact of technology on early childhood education: where the child things are? adults, children, digital … monsters and the spaces in between / Andrew Neil Gibbons -- 2. Enculturation of young children and technology / Alexandru … Spatariu and Susan Bell -- 3. Children's power for learning in the age of technology / Julie McLeod, Lin Lin and Sheri Vasinda …

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Child development and the use of technology : perspectives, applications and experiences

Allen, Lee (contributor); Blake, Sally (contributor); … - 2012

"This book addresses major issues regarding technology for young children, providing a holistic portrait of technology …1. Socrates and Descartes meet the E*Trade baby: the impact of early technology on children's developing beliefs about … knowledge and knowing / Denise L. Winsor and Sally Blake -- 2. The epistemology of young children / Denise L. Winsor -- 3 …

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The Wage Expectations of European College Students

Brunello, Giorgio; Lucifora, Claudio; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage …-specific micro-data. In line with U.S. studies we find that students overestimate returns to education. …

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The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …

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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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Are Austrian Returns to Education Falling Over Time?

Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999

In this paper we make a systematic presentation of returns to education in Austria for the period 1981-1997. We use consistent cross-sections from the Mikrozensus and find falling returns over time. These falling returns are not caused by changes in the sample design and reduced willingness to...

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Smoking, Discount Rates, and Returns to Education

Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

Individual time preference determines schooling enrolment. Moreover, smoking behavior in early ages has been shown to be highly related to time preference rates. Accordingly, we use smoking at age 16 as an instrument for schooling in order to cope with ability bias in a returns to education...

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