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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203
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Labor Market Discrimination and Racial Differences in Premarket Factors
Carneiro, Pedro - 2003
. Their study has been faulted because minority children and their parents may have pessimistic expectations about receiving … outcomes, minority parents and children have more pessimistic expectations about child schooling relative to white children and … their parents when their children are young. At later ages, expectations are more uniform across racial and ethnic groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468626
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Understanding Trends in Chinese Skill Premiums, 2007-2018
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Wang, Yuan; Zhang, Lei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The dramatic expansion of the education system and the transformation of the economy in China provide an opportunity to investigate how the labor market rewards skills. Between 2007 and 2018, the overall return to cognitive skills is virtually constant at 10%, whereas the college premium drops...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322755
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Global Universal Basic Skills : Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
achievement tests, we map achievement onto a common (PISA) scale. We then estimate the share of children not achieving basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435128
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The Productivity Argument for Investing in Young Children
Heckman, James J. - 2007
This paper presents a productivity argument for investing in disadvantaged young children. For such investment, there …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465639
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Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation
Cunha, Flavio - 2005
This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...
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